Chen Mingtong, the head of the security department of the Taiwan authorities who has been involved in multiple plagiarism cases, was confirmed to resign yesterday. Chinese Kuomintang "legislator" Jiang Qichen said today that Chen's resignation can be expected, because if he does not step down, the Green Camp is also worried that he will become a cash machine in the 2024 "election".
According to Huaxia Jingwei.com, the Kuomintang group criticized Chen Mingtong in the middle of this month for covering up lies when he was the director and professor of the National Development Institute of National Taiwan University when faced with the plagiarism case of former Hsinchu mayor Lin Zhijian. It hoped that Chen Mingtong would formally apologize to the Taiwanese people and resign immediately.
Chen Mingtong expressed dissatisfaction with this and said, "I still have to explain that Lin Zhijian's case is definitely an unjust case. I can't accept such a thing." Ke Jianming, the chief convener of the Democratic Progressive Party, also agreed.
The "unjust case theory" caused an uproar on the island. In response, "legislator" Wang Hongwei criticized Chen Mingtong for being too exaggerated and a scum in the academic world. He called on National Taiwan University to deal with Chen Mingtong as soon as possible.
Faced with the pressure of public opinion, the Democratic Progressive Party authorities finally decided to replace Chen Mingtong, and Taiwan's security department was taken over by Tsai Ming-yan, deputy director of Taiwan's foreign affairs department. According to Taiwanese media reports, Jiang Qichen said bluntly today that although Tsai Ming-yan has experience in "stationing abroad", compared to Chen Mingtong, Tsai still lacks experience in cross-strait and intelligence. The assessment is that Tsai Ing-wen could not find a suitable candidate for the time being, but she also had to support domestic and foreign affairs, so Tsai Ming-yan, a scholar, took over the position.
Cai Mingyan
Jiang Qichen said that in the past, the head of intelligence was probably someone who had considerable energy in all aspects and also had a direct, close and close relationship with the leader. Therefore, it is conceivable that there will be many challenges in the future for Cai Mingyan to take over as the head of the security department.
Jiang Qichen believes that Tsai Ming-yan is a safety card. In the short period before the 2024 "election", he should act as the window and bridge between Tsai Ing-wen and the intelligence system. Otherwise, it will not be easy for Tsai Ming-yan to lead the entire intelligence-related departments with his background.
