By Ann Maxon / Staff reporterKaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu’s (韓國瑜) plan to reinstate the Special Investigation Division (SID) to probe the Kaohsiung City Government’s debt is unnecessary and “embarrassing,” Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday. That Han would propose reinstating the SID just to look over the city’s debt is “embarrassing,” he said. The Kaohsiung City Government must consider its finances and take steps to resolve its debt issues, he said. Han, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, said at a platform presentation on Wednesday that he would reinstate the SID if elected president on Jan. 11. Before its dissolution in 2016, the SID was responsible for investigating corruption and financial crimes by high-level officials such as the president, vice president and ministers.

Source: Taipei Times December 19, 2019 15:56 UTC