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Exiled Tibetans protest at Executive Yuan


Exiled Tibetan Chime Thondup, supported by several Taiwanese human rights groups and other exiled Tibetans, kneels on the ground outside the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday to protest against the nation’s unfair treatment of exiled Tibetans.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

Several exiled Tibetans, accompanied by the Taiwan Association for Human Rights and other groups, held a demonstration in front of the Executive Yuan in Taipei yesterday, protesting that they cannot renew their passports, leave the nation, work or join the National Health Insurance system.

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Ma faces Taipei District Court date next month


Former president Ma Ying-jeou, left, speaks with Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu at a meeting of the Overseas Community Affairs Council in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times

Former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is to appear in court early next month on charges of soliciting confidential information from a chief prosecutor, the first time he has faced court as a defendant since leaving office in May.

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Newsflash


Entertainer Lisa Cheng talks to reporters at a news conference at the Taipei City Council after slapping Minister of Culture Cheng Li-chiun at a lunar year-end party earlier yesterday.
Photo: Pan Shao-tang, Taipei Times

A veteran entertainer yesterday slapped Minister of Culture Cheng Li-chiun (鄭麗君) in the face, saying she was upset with the minister’s attempts to “discredit” Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) and his son, former president Chiang Ching-kuo (蔣經國).