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11 Facts About Chang Si-liang

1.

Chang Si-liang specialized in criminal investigation while attending Central Police University, from which he graduated in 1965.

2.

Chang Si-liang subsequently led precincts within Taipei City Police Department, served as TCPD's deputy commissioner, led Hualien Police Department, and served as Third Peace Preservation Police chief.

3.

In 1999, Chang Si-liang became head of the Aviation Police Bureau, which he had served previously as second-in-command.

4.

On 1 July 2003, Chang Si-liang succeeded Wang Ginn-wang as director-general of the National Police Agency.

5.

That same month, Chang Si-liang participated in a drug raid of the largest nightclub in Taiwan, alongside interior minister Yu Cheng-hsien and Criminal Investigation Bureau commissioner Hou You-yi.

6.

Less than a week after the investigations began, Chang Si-liang stated that 119 cases of possible vote buying had been reported.

7.

In December 2003, Chang Si-liang was invited to serve on a task force focusing on electoral fraud.

8.

On 19 March 2004, Chang Si-liang convened a meeting to discuss law enforcement during the 2004 presidential election, to be held the next day.

9.

Chang Si-liang resigned as director-general of the National Police Agency on 5 April 2004, to take responsibility for the attack on Chen and Lu.

10.

The resignation of interior minister Yu Cheng-hsien for the same reason was approved prior to Chang Si-liang's, leaving Yu's successor Su Jia-chyuan to decide Chang Si-liang's status.

11.

Chang Si-liang's funeral was held on 7 December 2024, in Taipei.