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2012 ELECTIONS: Group calls on lawmakers to change Referendum Act

Members of People Masters walk past the entrance to Liberty Square in Taipei yesterday at the launch of a campaign urging legislative candidates to push for revisions to the Referendum Act if elected.

Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

People Masters, a civic group advocating amendments to the Referendum Act (公民投票法), yesterday launched a campaign urging legislative candidates to promise to push for revisions to the law if elected.

Wearing traditional hats made of bamboo leaves and T-shirts with the words “People are Masters,” about 100 volunteers from the organization gathered at Liberty Square in Taipei to go through a brief training session before departing for a march around the city to hand out fliers.

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2012 ELECTIONS: DPP sues president and premier for corruption

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) filed a lawsuit against President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and Premier Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) yesterday, accusing the two of corruption for favoring Performance Workshop Theatre founder Stan Lai (賴聲川) in organizing the ROC Centenary celebration events.

DPP spokesperson Chuang Ruei-hsiung (莊瑞雄) and Kang Yu-cheng (康裕成) filed the lawsuit at the Taipei Prosecutors’ Office in the afternoon, telling reporters that Ma and Wu had leaked secrets and favored Lai with public funds in their behind-the-scenes handling of a series of events organized by the ROC Centenary Foundation.

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Joshua Wong, leader of Hong Kong’s “Umbrella movement,” looks on as he addresses the media before his sentencing outside the High Court in Hong Kong yesterday.
Photo: AFP

A Hong Kong appeals court yesterday jailed three leaders of the territory’s pro-democracy “Umbrella movement” for six to eight months, dealing a blow to the youth-led push for universal suffrage and prompting accusations of political interference.