Taipei Times
Date: Sep 22, 2017
By: Kuo An-chia, Wang Kuan-jen and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
With Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) backing out at the last minute, Taipei Deputy
Taipei Police Department Deputy Commissioner Lin Shun-chia, left, National Police Agency Director Chen Chia-chin, second left, Taipei Deputy Mayor Teng Chia-chi, second right, and newly appointed Taipei Police Department Commissioner Chen Jia-chang pose for photographers during a handover ceremony in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times
Mayor Teng Chia-chi (鄧家基) yesterday morning took his place at the inauguration of newly appointed Taipei Police Department Commissioner Chen Jia-chang (陳嘉昌).
The former Taichung Police Department commissioner took over the position from Chiu Feng-kuang (邱豐光), who was appointed deputy director-general of the National Police Agency.
Some have viewed Chiu’s transfer to a post that holds very little power as punishment for his mishandling of the Taipei Universiade’s opening ceremony last month, when protesters broke past police lines and delayed the ceremony’s start.
Ko had said he would not transfer Chiu as punishment for failing to prevent protesters from obstructing the Games. [FULL STORY]
