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MOI to present report on vote-buying

Monday, 30 November 2009 07:15 Taipei Times

The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) said yesterday it would give a progress report on vote-buying cases linked to Saturday’s local government elections at the legislature today, an announcement that drew mixed reactions.

The pan-blue camp said it hoped the ministry would increase its efforts to expose illegal campaign practices, while pan-greens doubted the effectiveness of the crackdown.

Heavyweights campaign ahead of poll

Sunday, 29 November 2009 08:11 Taipei Times

With less than a week before polling, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) heavyweights were busy yesterday criss-crossing the nation to drum up support for their candidates.

Campaigning yesterday, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), who also serves as KMT chairman, said he would see to it that electrification of the Hualien-Taitung railway line is completed within five years.

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Former president Chen Shui-bian waves as he arrives at the Taiwan High Court in Taipei on Aug. 26, 2011.
Photo: AFP

Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) attempted to commit suicide by hanging himself with a towel at a prison hospital in Greater Taichung on Sunday night, but was stopped by a caretaker, the Ministry of Justice said yesterday.

Deputy Minister of Justice Chen Ming-tang (陳明堂) said that Chen, who is serving a 20-year jail sentence for corruption, was distraught that public funds could now be spent legally in hostess bars, while the courts had found his use of them for diplomatic projects to have been a criminal offense.