Coast Guard Administration Director-General Chen Guo-en resigned abruptly on the evening of Sept. 17. Premier Su Tseng-chang says he has already received a written notice from Chen and stressed Chen was resigning for personal and family reasons and no other reasons.


Coast Guard Administration Director-General Chen Guo-en resigned without warning on the 17th. According to a short statement from the CGA, Chen resigned due to personal and family reasons. Premier Su Tseng-chang says he has already received Chen's written notice.

Director-General Chen's written resignation clearly stated he was resigning for "family reasons."
According to rumors, Chen resigned due to a lack of support from his superiors and often had to put up with being screamed at by Su. One Kuomintang lawmaker says the straw that broke the camel's back was KMT lawmaker Chen Yu-jen's trip to the Pratas Islands in August. Chen says she believes Chen Guo-en was forced to resign.

Some people claimed my inspection tour of the Pratas Islands would affect soldiers' day off. The Coast Guard Administration told the truth, telling everyone this was not true. This was a slap in the face of the Ministry of National Defense, and the writing was on the wall from then on.

This was the chief responsibility of the Ministry of National Defense, not the Coast Guard Administration. At present -- the CGA recently cracked a major case. At present, I don't think his resignation is due to any other reason.

A Central Police University graduate, Chen was appointed director-general of the National Police Agency in 2015 and deputy director-general of the National Security Bureau in 2017. He was appointed head of the CGA in February 2019 and joined forces with Kaohsiung City police to crack several high-profile drug and cigarette smuggling cases. He is one of very few civil servants in history to have headed all three agencies. The CGA says he does not have a private-sector job lined up.



海巡署署長"陳國恩"，17號晚間突然傳出、已請辭獲准。因為消息實在太突然，引發外界關注。陳國恩閃辭，海巡署代發簡短聲明，說是因為個人家庭因素，申請提早退休、照顧家人。記者致電陳國恩，未能聯絡上本人。不過，行政院長蘇貞昌證實，已接獲陳國恩書面辭呈。

行政院長 蘇貞昌表示：「陳署長的書面辭呈，講得很清楚，他是因為家庭因素。」

陳國恩閃辭原因，引發各界揣測。甚至爆出，因為上級長官不挺，曾遭行政院長蘇貞昌責罵等傳言。不過，有國民黨立委認為，導火線是因為今年八月，國民黨立委陳玉珍，登東沙島考察事件，成了請辭主因。對此陳玉珍出面說明，認為陳國恩是"被請辭"。

國民黨立委 陳玉珍表示：「本人排這個到東沙考察，有人放話，說會影響官兵休假。海巡署出來說了真話、說了實話，說，事實上，這個時間，是不會影響官兵休假，這樣打臉了這個國防部嘛，所以聽說，高層因為這樣很不悅。」

民進黨立委 王定宇表示：「東沙的部分，主責是國防部，並不是海巡署。那目前海巡署，在最近才剛破了大案，至於他請辭，有沒有其他的原因？目前我沒有看到。」

陳國恩中央警官學校44期畢業，2015年接任警政署長，2017年調任國安局副局長，2019年2月轉任海巡署署長，還曾與高雄市刑大，一起破獲重大走私毒品、私煙案，任職1年7個月。他是位罕見具有跨警察、國安、海巡三大系統資歷首長。陳國恩請辭後，海巡署強調並未到民間公司任職。