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Jason Yuan, Another KMT Case of Deceit and So-So Loyalty to Taiwan?

Thursday, 14 May 2009 18:26 Jerome F. Keating Ph.D. Editorials of Interest - Jerome F. Keating's writings


Remember the weeks and months of denials and protestations of innocence we had to endure in the recent case of Diane Lee's loyalty to Taiwan? Well, Lee, the illegal member of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan kept saying she did not have a US passport etc. etc. till she finally resigned and ran off with over US$3 million dollars of illegally earned money from Taiwan. It now seems like another Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) case of so-so KMT loyalty to Taiwan is in the wind. This is over Jason Yuan's now-he-has-it, now-he-doesn't green card. "Next Magazine" has once again exposed the fast and loose practices of KMT members.

Yuan's case has more holes than Swiss cheese. It seems that Jason applied for a green card and permanent residency for the USA back in 2004. Did he get it? Not sure. But on August 4th of 2008 he was appointed to his current position in the USA. Then on August 26, the US government said it has approved his application for a green card, but did not mail it to him??? What's this, the US is 4 years behind times??? And why did they wait until Feb. 2009 to mail Jason Yuan the green card???

Jason Yuan further claims he told his lawyers to cancel his green card application in June 2008 when he was appointed Taiwan representative to the USA. Why so late in the game? Then why was it approved in August??? Now Jason claims he has met with the US AIT office for them to admit their mistake. Their mistake?? Yuan claims he never obtained US permanent residency something forbidden if he is to be a Taiwan representative there. It seems that Diane Lee also claimed that the US had made an error in her citizenship etc. etc. This case is going to need follow up and someone like Solomon to sort out the details of he does/he doesn't, he did/he didn't matters of state. Stay tuned, if it is anything like Diane Lee's case it looks like it will drag on and on.


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Newsflash

The odds of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) being re-elected in 2012 yesterday fell below 50 percent for the first time since May, according to a university prediction market.

Prediction markets are speculative exchanges, with the value of an asset meant to reflect the likelihood of a future event.

On a scale from NT$0 to NT$100, the probability of Ma winning a re-election bid was, according to bidders, NT$48.40, the Center for Prediction Market at National Chengchi University said.

The center has market predictions on topics including politics, the economy, international affairs, sports and entertainment. Members can tender virtual bids on the events, with the bidding price meant to reflect probability.

The re-election market had attracted 860,000 trading entries as of yesterday. It was launched in April.

The center said the figure slipped 2.3 percentage points yesterday from a day earlier, when Ma conceded that his party did not fare as well as hoped in the “three-in-one” elections.

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) won 12 of Saturday’s 17 mayor and commissioner elections, but its total percentage of votes fell 2 percentage points from 2005 to 47.88 percent of votes nationwide.

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won just four of the races, but received 45.32 percent of the ballots, or a 7.2 percentage-point increase from 2005.

Since the center opened the trading on Ma’s re-election chances on April 11, prices have largely hovered around NT$60, but jumped to NT$70 in mid-June. The figure then fell to NT$51.80 in August after Typhoon Morakot lashed Taiwan, killing hundreds.

After then-premier Liu Chao-shiuan (劉兆玄) resigned in September, the price returned to NT$63.2 and remained at around NT$60 for the following two months, the center said.

Since Ma took over as KMT chairman, the center said the number had steadily declined from NT$58 on Nov. 18 to NT$50.80 on Dec. 5. After Saturday’s elections, the figure fell below NT$50.

The center said the outcome yesterday would likely affect next year’s elections for the five special municipalities, as well as the next presidential election.

It also said the probability of Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) winning re-election was 72 percent, while the chances of Taipei County Commissioner Chou Hsi-wei (周錫瑋) winning again were 20 percent.

Source: Taipei Times 2009/12/07