This happened earlier this year with the controversial prosecution of Kaohsiung City Councilor Chen Kwang-fu. Says one reporter at the ministry, "Minister Hsiao does not pass the buck."
去年九年底，高雄市議員陳光復率眾到監察院抗議「彈劾蘇南成案」，因「脫序」行為，被檢方控以侮辱公署和違反集遊法，並以有串供之虞而禁止交保，之後各方反應認為「蕭部長頗有擔當。」