TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) reportedly prevented a former gang leader and pro-China figure from holding an election for the leader of Taiwan's largest criminal gang at a restaurant inside the Legislative Yuan building. 

Former Bamboo Union gang leader Huang Shao-tsen (黃少岑) died on Feb. 4, and rumors have circulated about three contenders for the position, per RW News. It reported that Chang An-le (張安樂), aka the “White Wolf,” a founding member of the gang and president of the Chinese Unity Promotion Party, would hold a dinner event at the Legislative Yuan's Kang Yuan restaurant on Tuesday.

Chang was said to have invited leaders from 35 Bamboo Union chapters to witness his nomination of former Di Tang branch leader Li Tsung-kuei (李宗奎). Li was expected to be voted in as the new boss.

Wu Szu-yao (吳思瑤), secretary-general of the DPP legislative caucus, reportedly said that when Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) received word of the event, he instructed the Ministry of the Interior to take action. At the request of the National Police Agency, the Legislative Yuan restaurant announced its immediate closure for the evening, preventing a potential scandal.

Wu Szu-yao commented that the legislature cannot become a “lawless place” for individuals like Chang to “challenge the country's rule of law."

DPP Spokesperson Wu Cheng (吳崢) called Chang's planned dinner was a threat to national security. He said that after receiving the information, DPP Caucus Leader Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) and Wu Szu-yao contacted Cho.