The Ministry of Education said yesterday it would cooperate fully with police in an investigation into the apparent suicide of an employee who fell to his death yesterday morning.
The body of Yang Chun-sheng (楊春生), 52, was discovered by security officers at 7:15am in front of the motorcycle parking area at the side of the ministry building. He was immediately rushed to the nearby National Taiwan University Hospital, but was declared dead half an hour later.
Yang, who worked at the ministry for 21 years, is survived by his father and a brother. He was single and worked as a specialist in the ministry’s secretariat office.
Ministry Secretary-General Pan Wen-chung (潘文忠) said Yang appeared to have jumped from the third floor of the building. Pan and Minister of Education Cheng Jei-cheng (鄭瑞城) visited Yang in the hospital before he passed away.
“According to his family, Yang did not display any unusual behavior lately. He left the house as usual at around 6:30am,” Pan said.
Pan said Yang was an outstanding employee who was quiet and kept to himself.
Pan said Yang left a note on his office desk, saying he wanted to apologize to his family and the ministry for what he was about to do. He also thanked several ministry officials and coworkers for their support during his 21 years of service.
The note ended with contact information on the deceased’s father and brother, Pan said.
The ministry vowed to cooperate with police to find out the cause of Yang’s death and the motive for his suicide, Pan said.
The ministry will also help the family with the funeral arrangements.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Kuo Su-chun (郭素春) urged Cheng to get to the bottom of the case and questioned the credibility of the ministry teaching students to value their lives when one of its workers chose to take his own.
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