Taiwanese Vice-PM quits

TAIPEI: The Taiwanese Prime Minister, Mr. Tang Fei, on Tuesday accepted the resignation of his deputy over a deadly delay in rescue efforts to save four workers swept away by a flash flood. Two bodies have been found and two others were missing and feared drowned in the raging Pachang river in southern Taiwan's Chiayi county. The Vice-Premier, Mr. Yu Shyi-Kun (in picture), who was concurrently head of the Government's disaster prevention and rescue committee, tendered his resignation late on Monday to take responsibility for the bungled rescue attempt. The four were swept away on Saturday after waiting almost three hours for help while the military and police argued over who should respond to the distress call.

- Reuters

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