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Former first lady urges medical release for Chen

On behalf of her husband, former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), former first lady Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍) yesterday urged judicial authorities to grant Chen a release from prison for medical treatment.

Wu, who is subject to house arrest during her 17-and-a-half-year prison sentence because of bad health, said she did not rule out organizing a protest against President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) if the release were not granted.

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Tao protest against nuclear waste

An activist from the Taiwan Green Party holds a photo of a five-year-old girl diagnosed with a brain tumor, wearing a mask in preparation for a brain scan, at a press conference in Taipei yesterday. Conservationist groups say they suspect the girl, a resident of Lanyu (Orchid Island), has been affected by the nuclear waste stored on the island.
Photo: Mandy Cheng, AFP

Displaying pictures of decaying nuclear waste barrels and a girl with a brain tumor, Tao Aborigines from Lanyu (蘭嶼, also known as Orchid Island) yesterday accused the government and Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) of trying to annihilate the tribe by storing nuclear waste on the island for three decades.

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New Power Party Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang, second left, speaks at a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on Monday.
Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times

The New Power Party (NPP) yesterday said that it would promote amendments to immigration laws to require foreign travelers caught carrying agricultural products from disease-affected areas to pay the full fine before entering the nation.