The director of the NSB Third Department stepped down Saturday as a result of an error made in a national security briefing
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/01
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – On Dec. 30, an official at the National Security Bureau resigned
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from his position to take responsibility for some internal errors that were made recently by the NSB’s third department while under his supervision.
Wang Shao-pai (王少白), the former director of the NSB third department, announced his resignation on Saturday, as a result of a national security briefing submitted to the Executive Yuan containing erroneous information, which was prepared by the third department.
A source with the Liberty Times, says the mistake in the report involved a politician’s recent criticisms of President Tsai, however the criticism was wrongly attributed to a legislator who had accompanied the President during sensitive talks on her tour of allied nations in the South Pacific. [FULL STORY]