Taipei, March 12 (CNA) Premier Wu Den-yih named Deputy Minister of Justice Huang Shih-ming Friday as acting minister of justice after formally approving Wang Ching-feng’s resignation from the ministerial post.

Both Wang and Huang tendered their resignations to Wu the previous day over a controversy surrounding the question of whether Taiwan should abolish the death penalty and whether the minister of justice should sign execution orders for the 44 convicts on death row, the Executive Yuan said in a press statement.

“Wu formally approved Wang’s resignation but asked Huang to stay and serve as acting minister,” the statement said.

Huang has also been nominated by President Ma Ying-jeou to serve as the country’s top prosecutor. His nomination is pending confirmation by the Legislative Yuan. (By Hsieh Chia-chen and Sofia Wu)

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