But in an open letter today to the security ministry, he said he would not leave.
But an official with the province's Security Ministry said the campaign never got going.
Fire breaks out at Security Ministry on same day.
He is trying to find candidates for Iraq's three security ministries who will not be vetoed by the rival political groups in his fragile coalition.
The security ministries - Interior and Defense - did not appear to be part of the shuffle.
Additionally, each province has its own police force that responds to a provincial security ministry or secretariat.
Chen was eighth on the "most-wanted criminals" list issued by the public security ministry in 1989.
The Germans had attacked their own security ministry.
The news agency also said that a delegation from the Ukrainian security ministry had arrived in Sebastopol.
The security ministry said 35 arrests were made in recent weeks and explosives had been seized in Xinjiang province.
