Taiwan’s top China policymaker, Wang Yu-chi, has announced his resignation. Wang’s decision on Tuesday came after a court ruling cleared a former deputy of leaking sensitive information to mainland China.
Wang objected to the ruling but said he respected the court’s decision. He decided to step down to take responsibility for forcing the former deputy to resign last year on suspicions that the deputy had leaked secrets.
The former deputy, Vincent Chang, had been under investigation since last August on allegations that he had leaked information to China. But prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence of that.
The MAC said last year that Chang had left his post for "family reasons". Chang later said, though, that he was forced to step down.
Prosecutors say that Chang was not charged because there was a lack of evidence that he had leaked information. They say that what Chang and others had done was of no harm to national interests and security.
The Presidential Office said on Monday that President Ma believes that Wang is very good at his job and will look closely at the ruling before forming a response.