But Chen was forced to resign in 2005 when rioting by foreign laborers building the Kaohsiung rapid transit system tarred Taiwan in the international media as a violator of workers rights.
不過，民國 94 年年中高雄捷運外勞抗爭事件爆發，讓台灣登上了國際媒體，背負了侵犯勞動人權的惡名，也讓陳菊選擇下台以示負責。