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Top prosecutor promises crackdown on corruption

New State Public Prosecutor-General Wu Ing-chao (吳英昭) vowed yesterday to continue a crackdown on organized crime and corruption, as well as bribery in the year-end legislative elections, so as to live up to the expectations of the public.

Based on President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) stated goal of "establishing a country based on human rights," Wu said he will also continue the extraordinary appeal system for cases that have been convicted by the Supreme Court.

Wu made the remarks when he took over the post from Ru Ren-fa (盧仁發), in a changeover ceremony witnessed by Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan (陳定南).

With regard to the March 19 election-eve shooting of the president and the Lafayette frigate kickback scandal of 1993, Wu said he would "try to gain a full understanding of the details of all those major cases as soon as possible."

On recent criticism of judicial reforms, Wu said that there has in the past been a lack of communication between him and the groups making the criticism, and that he will speak with them to try to ease the misunderstanding.

Wu is famous for his efforts to crack down on corruption when he served as prosecutor-general at the Taipei District Public Prosecutor's Office and at Public Prosecutor's Office of the Taiwan High Count.

The justice minister said in the changeover ceremony that he hopes Wu will lead the prosecutorial team in cracking down on any bribery in the year-end legislative elections so as to meet and complete the first major challenge of his term.

The ministry will make the performance of prosecutors in this crackdown the most crucial factor when giving them their annual performance assessment, Chen said.
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