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TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Taiwan's finance minister resigned Thursday over a melee that erupted outside the campaign headquarters of the ruling party's presidential candidate.
Finance Minister Ho Chih-chin said he felt sorry about Wednesday's clash outside Taipei's First Bank in which he and other opposition lawmakers were besieged by supporters of ruling Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh. The lawmakers had barged into Hsieh's offices alleging that the government-controlled bank had let him use it rent free.
Ho did not give any details about his resignation and he did not acknowledge any wrongdoing in Wednesday's events.
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