The China Post
Date: September 22, 2017
By: The China Post
The newly inaugurated Taipei City Police Department Commissioner Chen Jia-chang
The newly inaugurated Taipei City Police Department Commissioner Chen Jia-chang has yet to meet with Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, who described Chen’s appointment by the central government as a disrespectful ambush.
has yet to meet with Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, who described Chen’s appointment by the central government as a disrespectful ambush.
Chen, the former Taichung Police Commissioner, was appointed to replace Chiu Feng-kuang (邱豐光), who was promoted as the deputy director-general of the National Police Agency.
While Ko was not happy with Chiu’s handling of the security at Universiade opening ceremony, in which protesters breached police perimeters and blocked the entry of athletics for 20 minutes, Ko was apparently angry over the central decision of naming Chiu’s replacement without consulting him in the capacity of Taipei Mayor, which was the norm in Taipei police chief appointments. Ko said Wednesday that he was notified by the central government only 30 minutes before the official announcement, which he said felt like “ambushed” and “disrespected.” [FULL STORY]