President's son-in-law President's son-in-law drops DPP membership President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) son-in-law, Chao Chien-ming (趙建銘), resigned from the Democratic Progressive Party on Thursday amid growing concern that he and his family were allegedly involved in insider trading on the stock market. His resignation is seen as an attempt to stop further damage to the image of the President and the DPP. Chao, in a statement released on Thursday, said that he was resigning from the party to "avoid unnecessary political confusion," which resulted from his family's alleged trading of Taiwan Development Corp. shares. Chao's announcement came amid criticism from many DPP lawmakers that Chao and his family had hurt the DPP and the President's image. Chao, who was sworn in four years ago as a DPP member by President Chen, who was then party chairman, reiterated that he has done nothing illegal and that he would welcome a judicial investigation. http://english.www.gov.tw/TaiwanHeadlines/index.jsp?categid=8&recordid=94920 --

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