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Alliance urges scrutiny of grand justice candidates

Legal experts and human rights groups yesterday called for increased public scrutiny of the ongoing nomination process for four members of the Council of Grand Justices.

Members of the Grand Justices Nomination Oversight Alliance, a watchdog organization founded more than a decade ago, gathered to push the group’s aim of ensuring transparency in the nomination process and to monitor the quality of grand justice candidates.

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China preparing for Taiwan conflict: report


A J-31 stealth aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force lands on a runway after flying at the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, on Nov. 11, last year.
Photo: Reuters

China’s massive military modernization program is dominated by preparations for a conflict with Taiwan and the possibility of US intervention, a Pentagon report said on Friday.

The report, which was issued in Washington, said that Beijing is ready to conduct missile attacks and precision strikes against the nation’s air defense systems, air bases, radar sites, missile silos, space assets and communications facilities.

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Newsflash

About two weeks ago there were reports that former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), currently serving a prison sentence, was feeling some discomfort in his chest and suffering from shortness of breath. He was diagnosed with coronary heart disease (CHD) and heart failure by the prison doctor, and was later said to be experiencing severe headaches. Chen’s family and lawyers subsequently applied for a temporary prison release to arrange further medical examinations.

However, the warden of Taipei Prison said Chen’s illness was “not as serious as expected,” implying that a “medical parole” was unnecessary.