Mega Bank Chairman resigns after 16 days in position / "不願連累長官" 兆豐金董座徐光曦閃辭　　　　　　　　　　

After Premier Lin Chuan voiced the support for him, Mega Bank Chairman Hsu Kuang-shi announced his resignation in the United States. He stated that he was deeply sorry that Mega Bank's New York Branch was fined during his term as the general manager. Facing the public's accusation, he believed that he could no longer gain the trust from the public as chairman, so he decided to resign from all his positions in Mega Bank and receive the investigation. Mega Bank chairman, Hsu Kuang-hsi, who is still abroad, suddenly submitted his resignation letter to the Ministry of Finance in the aftermath of the scandal regarding Mega Bank's New York Branch. He announced to resign from all his positions in the company. His term only lasted 16 days. ==SU JAIN-RONG, Deputy Minister of Finance== He submitted his resignation letter this morning to avoid suspicion. He is set on resigning from his positions. The ministers may urge him to stay. Hsu stated that as the branch was fined for violating anti-laundering regulations when he was the general manager, he felt deeply sorry for causing public concerns. After taking office as the chairman, he went to the US for the investigation into the Bank's internal control mechanism in hopes of lowering the company's loss. He was definitely not investigating himself as the media had put it. Facing the accusation, he believed that he could no longer gain the trust from the public as chairman. Hsu has decided to cancel his trip to San Francisco and retuned to Taiwan immediately for the investigation to clear the air. According to the Ministry of Finance, Mega Bank will call a meeting of the board on September 1 to elect the interim chairperson. ==SU JAIN-RONG, Deputy Minister of Finance== After they elect the interim chairperson, we will appoint the official chairperson as soon as possible. If possible, we might appoint new people for the seats held by the government. On Tuesday, Premier Lin Chuan just showed his support for Hsu at a press conference. After receiving Hsu's sudden resignation, Premier Lin stated that he respected Hsu's decision. The Ministry of Finance emphasized that of all the 15 directors on the board of Mega Bank, 12 are held by the government, and the Ministry can appoint representatives for 10 seats. The Ministry does not rule out the possibility of replacing all 10 directors. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG 兆豐銀紐約分行遭美國重罰案持續延燒，人還在國外的兆豐金董事長徐光曦，透過秘書向財政部閃電請辭集團所有職務，成為兆豐金史上任期最短、只有16天的董事長。 ==財政部次長 蘇建榮== 他(徐光曦)是今天(8/31)早上 提辭任書 就說為了避免嫌疑 所以他也表達非常強烈辭職的意願 相關長官應該都有 表示慰留的一個意思 徐光曦在辭任書中提到，在擔仼兆豐銀行總經理期間，紐約分行發生疑似洗錢帳戶未申報被美國重罰，引起國人關注，深感不安，自8月中旬接任董事長後，赴美國說明兆豐銀行內控及稽核機制，期望降低損失，絕非媒體所言，是徐光曦查徐光曦，而面對無的放矢的指控，他認為自己董事長的角色已難以取信國人，甚至連累長官，無助問題澄清，因此決定取消最後一站舊金山行程即刻返國，坦然面對調查，以杜爭議。對於兆豐金董座懸缺，財政部表示，兆豐金明天就會召開臨時董事會，並推選代理董事長。 ==財政部次長 蘇建榮== （兆豐金)董事會推選一個董事 來代理董事長以後 我們財政部會盡快(改派人選) 院裡面也是希望就是 如果可以的話 盡快來改派董事長 不排除改派公股董事 事實上行政院長林全，週二才召開記者會公開力挺徐光曦，說他的經驗處理兆豐案非常合適，沒想到徐光曦隔天，就閃電請辭兆豐金董座，對此林全表示尊重。而財政部則強調，兆豐金目前共15席董事，12席屬泛公股，其中有10席屬財政部可改派的公股代表，不排除全面撤換公股董事，強化董事會的功能。 記者 吳雅瑜 林國煌 台北報導