Minister of Justice Chen Ding-nan (
The minister decided to approve the resignation around noon and asked the Prosecutorial Affairs Department to assign a substitute immediately and recommend a proper replacement for the job as soon as possible.
Following his resignation, Chen Uen-li will be transferred back to the Taiwan High Court Prosecutors' Office in Taipei, where he worked before. He will work as a prosecutor.
Chen Ding-nan did not publicly comment yesterday on the resignation, although the minister had said on Aug. 5 that he would try to persuade Chen Uen-li not to resign when the prosecutor-general first submitted his resignation to the ministry.
During that conversation with reporters, the minister praised Chen Uen-li for his hard work.
Reports in Chinese-language newspapers have linked the resignation to the recent uproar over Hualien Chief Prosecutor Yang Ta-chih's (
Yang's July 30 press conference, during which he said that the 24-hour random roadside checks of motorists to prevent potential vote-buying were unconstitutional, drew criticism from the justice minister.
Chen Ding-nan said Yang had "talked too much" as a spokesman for the Hualien office.
According to Chen Uen-li, however, his resignation was based on personal reasons. He wanted a transfer back to Taipei so he could spend more time with his family.
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