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Two senior Taiwanese officials resigned Tuesday over the loss of millions of dollars in a failed attempt to persuade Papua New Guinea to officially recognize Taiwan. The government said Foreign Minister James Huang and Deputy Premier Chiou I-jen were leaving their posts.
The resignations follow last week's revelations that Taiwan lost $29.8 million in a failed 2006 attempt to establish ties with Papua New Guinea.
The money was intended as economic aid for Papua New Guinea, providing it switched its recognition from rival China.
It was given to two middlemen in 2006 on the assumption they could induce the impoverished Pacific nation to abandon Beijing. The attempt was abandoned after only several months, when Taiwanese authorities concluded they could not convince Papua New Guinea to cross over into the Taiwanese diplomatic column.
One of the middlemen, Ching Chi-ju, has since disappeared, along with the money.
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Further example of A-Bian's corrupt administration. Now A-bian says he's not very close with Ching Chi-ju well seems one of the resigned isn't too happy with being the scape goat and is providing plenty of evidence to suggest that A-Bian is again lying.
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