POLITICS, DELAYS:Deputy Minister of Justice Chen Ming-tang said that a delayed workshop on cross-strait law enforcement was linked to the state of cross-strait ties
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 30, 2016
By: Chen Yu-fu / Staff reporter, with CNA
A joint crime-fighting agreement between Taiwan and China has not been used to its full potential since
Minister of Justice Chiu Tai-san, center, and Mainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister Chang Tien-chin, right, attend a question-and-answer session of a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
the Democratic Progressive Party took power in May, Minister of Justice Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) said yesterday.
Answering questions from lawmakers at a meeting of the Judiciary and Organic Laws and Statutes Committee, Chiu said that although investigations, information-sharing and regular paperwork processing have carried on as usual, there has been a lack of administrative personnel exchanges between the two sides, with neither party participating in visits — as stipulated by the agreement — since President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) took office in May.
The Cross-Strait Joint Crime-Fighting and Judicial Mutual Assistance Agreement (海峽兩岸共同打擊犯罪及司法互助協議), signed in April 2009 under the previous Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) administration, is aimed at bolstering cross-strait crime-fighting efforts.
Deputy Minister of Justice Chen Ming-tang (陳明堂) said that a workshop for cross-strait law enforcement officers that was to have taken place in June and July has been postponed indefinitely. [FULL STORY]
