Yang Hongzhi, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Investigation Committee, expressed to Premier Chen Jianren today his resignation as chairman of the National Transport Safety Commission. Chen Kui respected Yang Hongzhi's decision and agreed to his resignation.

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[Reporter Zhong Lihua/Taipei Report] Executive Yuan Spokesperson Chen Zongyan said today (11th) that Yang Hongzhi, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Investigation Committee, said that recent media reports about him have attracted public attention. In order to avoid causing trouble to the administrative team, Also considering personal career planning, Yang Hongzhi has expressed to Dean Chen Jianren today that he will resign from the post of chairman of the National Sports Safety Committee. Dean Chen respects Yang Hongzhi's decision and agrees to his resignation.

The Executive Yuan will complete the appointment of the new chairman as soon as possible, so as to facilitate the follow-up operation of the WSC.

Previously, the media pointed out that when the new cabinet took office, many heads of ministries were busy with handovers. After Yang Hongzhi went out from Shilin’s home to take an official car, he did not go to the office. Instead, he went to a car maintenance factory. Outside the maintenance factory, they waited for Yang Hongzhi to arrive at the scene and sent the vehicle to the factory for maintenance together.

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Regarding this, Yang Hongzhi responded a few days ago, saying that the WSA is an independent organization and does not need to be handed over. He learned that his wife had a problem with the car that day, so he did stop by the maintenance shop on his way to work to pay attention, and only stayed for 3 to 5 minutes.

As for media revelations, Premier Chen Jianren ordered the investigation report to be completed within 3 days.

Chen Zongyan said on the 9th that the Political Ethics Office had submitted a report on the 8th, but Chen Kui believed that the clarification of many details and facts was not clear enough. He demanded that the investigation be complete and detailed, and asked Yang Hongzhi to ask for leave to wait for the investigation before the investigation was completed.

However, Yang Hongzhi has resigned today and was approved.