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Ten lawmakers indicted over legislative brawls

Friday, 13 February 2026 04:42 Taipei Times

Ten lawmakers from the two main political parties yesterday were indicted for causing bodily injury and other offenses during a spate of brawls inside the legislative chamber and a committee room in 2024 and last year.

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators Hsieh Lung-chieh (謝龍介), Liao Wei-hsiang (廖偉翔), Chiu Cheng-chun (邱鎮軍), Huang Chien-hao (黃健豪), Huang Jen (黃仁), Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) and Chen Yu-jen (陳玉珍), as well as Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators Lin Shu-fen (林淑芬), Michelle Lin (林楚茵) and Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) were charged following the investigation of criminal complaints, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said.

US, Taiwan to shift focus to security, former official says

Monday, 19 January 2026 09:03 Taipei Times

After a tariff agreement was reached this week addressing key economic issues, Taiwan and the US can now focus more on security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, a former White House official said on Friday.

Alexander Gray, who served as deputy assistant to the president and chief of staff of the US National Security Council during US President Donald Trump’s first term, made the comments in an interview with the Central News Agency.

Gray called the trade deal a “very positive development in the US-Taiwan relationship,” as Washington has had several disagreements with Taiwan on trade matters over the years, going back to the first Trump administration.

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Newsflash

In its annual report released yesterday, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission made a series of recommendations aimed at boosting the Washington-Taipei relationship and pushing the administration of US President Barack Obama to take stronger action on trade issues with China.

The commission recommends that the US Congress direct the Pentagon to “address the issue” of Taiwan’s air defense capabilities, to include a detailed assessment of Taiwan’s needs vis-a-vis China’s growing military air and missile capabilities.