Premier Frank Hsieh (
"The five-man special task force's investigation of me will have no limits," Hsieh said.
"In the meantime, I will also make public my assets," he added.
The premier made the remarks during the weekly Cabinet meeting, which was held yesterday morning.
He said that "being a clean civil servant or government official" has always been the most valuable principle for him.
He added that he has not often spoken about it because for him it is as natural as it would be for children to show filial obedience to their parents.
"My political enemies took advantage of the case [the KRTC scandal] to attack me before the election and tried to impact the Democratic Progressive Party's campaigns," Hsieh said.
"Now I would like to invite more pan-blue friends to investigate me and figure out whether those allegations are true," he added.
As for making public his assets, the premier said that he does not care if people know what kind of investments he has made.
"Everybody can see when I earned money, how much and how I spent my money. It is very clear," Hsieh said.
The premier said that Chai had recommended Red Cross Society chairman and lawyer Chen Charng-ven (
As of press time there was no word on who the other two members would be.
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