Justice official offers resignation over prison corruption scandal
Central News Agency
Taipei, Nov. 14 (CNA) The head of the Justice Ministry's Agency of Corrections offered his resignation Friday to take responsibility for the alleged corruption of a prison warden.
Justice Minister Luo Ying-shay will decide whether to accept agency head Wu Shyan-chang's resignation by midnight, the ministry said.
Wu's move follows allegations that Lyudao Prison Warden Su Ching-chun apparently took bribes from prisoners in his previous post as the vice warden of Taipei Prison.
Su and another five officials were taken into custody Thursday.
(By Lee Hsin-Yin)
