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Teen Tibetan dies before self-immolation protest, Leaves note for the Dalai Lama’s return

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Jigjey Kyab in an undated photo.

DHARAMSHALA, January 24: A teenaged Tibetan was found dead with his body doused with kerosene and lighters in his hand due to suspected poisoning in Luchu region of eastern Tibet.

On January 19, the body of Jigjey Kyab, 17, soaked with kerosene and with two lighters in his hands, was recovered from a busy street in the Shigtsang Pungkor region of Luchu.

Legislator Hsu-Chung-hsin believes that China controls Ma Ying-jeou on Chen case

Michael Richardson

Taiwan Political Prisoner Report, Jan. 23, 2013. Legislator Hsu-Chung-hsin, a member of the Taiwan Solidarity Union, has spoken out in defense of imprisoned Chen Shui-bian, the former Democratic Progressive Party president of the Republic of China in-exile. Chen is serving a lengthy prison sentence for alleged corruption following a controversial trial after leaving office. Hsu granted an interview at his legislative office.

Legislator Hsu, also a law professor, sees Chen’s case as one of Chinese vs. Taiwanese: “I think President Chen, as a Taiwanese voice, must be heard in the Western world because we Taiwanese people have no international stage to show our determination, our will to be the master of our own. President is one of our former leaders and his activity was for Taiwan independence. President Ma and China would like to put him in jail to deter Taiwanese from any independence movement. That is not fair for us.”

Ma’s swelling credibility gap

Taipei Times Editorial

“How credible are President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) words?” is an oft-repeated question these days, even among members of his own Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), after Ma reportedly set his sights on another term as party chairman.

Putting aside the legal debate surrounding the Civil Organization Act (人民團體法) on whether he is even eligible to run again, Ma, from the perspective of political accountability, would be well advised to review his past rhetoric and his performance as party chairman before deciding whether a third term would be beneficial to the party or his own political track record.

Legislator Hsu Chung-hsin says decision in Chen case was politically motivated

Michael Richardson

Taiwan Political Prisoner Report, Jan. 22, 2013. Legislator Hsu Chung-hsin granted an interview about the case of former Republic of China in-exile President Chen Shui-bian. Hsu is not a member of Chen’s political party, the Democratic Progressive Party, but instead is one of three legislators serving under the Taiwan Solidarity Union banner. Legislator Hsu is also an attorney and law professor who speaks English. Hsu received his law degree from Cambridge University in Great Britain and is well positioned to provide an independent analysis of the controversial case.

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