Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen offered a public apology on Friday for the widespread outage that left more than five million people without electricity, vowing to scrutinize infrastructure and improve grid reliability. The blackouts began at about 9 a.m. on Thursday, affecting the areas of Taipei, New Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Changhua, Keelung, Taoyuan, Hualien, and Miaoli, according to local reports. Tsai said that the mass power outage was the result of human negligence and expressed her apologies for the inconvenience caused to the public. She made the statement after visiting the main switch station of the Xingda (Hsinta) power plant in Kaohsiung City on Friday. The Taiwanese president further stated that Premier Su Tseng-chang has directed the Ministry of Economic Affairs to conduct an investigation and submit a full report on the incident within three days. “We must improve the goal of grid decentralization and resilience, conduct a thorough review of the …