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Taiwanese leader condemns China's crackdown in Tibet

Friday, 24 February 2012 08:28 Phayul.com
Democratic Progressive Party's presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen at an election rally last month.(Photo/AP)
Democratic Progressive Party's presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen at an election rally last month.(Photo/AP)

DHARAMSHALA, February 24: A former presidential candidate and leader of Taiwan’s largest opposition party, has expressed concerns over the situation in Tibet and called on President Ma Ying-jeou to voice his concerns to Beijing.

Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen said she was “heartbroken” with the increasing reports of self-immolation protests by Tibetans in her meeting with Dawa Tsering, director of the Tibet Religious Foundation of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Wednesday.

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Tao protest against nuclear facility

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 08:25 Taipei Times
Tao Aborigines protest in front of a nuclear waste storage facility on Lanyu, also known as Orchid Island, yesterday.
Photo: Chang Tsun-wei, Taipei Times

Hundreds of Tao Aborigines living on Lanyu (蘭嶼), also known as Orchid Island, yesterday held a protest outside the Lanyu nuclear waste storage facility, calling on Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) to remove nuclear waste from the island as soon as possible.

Clenching their fists as they stared straight ahead with angry faces and shouted in low-pitched voices, the Tao, in traditional dress, performed a ritual to drive away evil spirits near Longmen Harbor, the debarking point for nuclear waste from Taiwan proper and where yesterday’s march against the storage of nuclear waste on the island began.

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Newsflash

The DPP yesterday showed a teleconference between Harvard professor Chen Lan-bo and its spokesperson Chen Chi-mai, right, in which Chen endorsed Tsai Ing-wen’s innocence and said Taiwanese should be angered by the KMT smear campaign.

Photo: Taipei Times

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday disclosed more information as it reiterated that presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) was innocent of alleged illegal involvement in Yu Chang Biologics Co (宇昌生技股份有限公司).

The party also again condemned Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) Minister Christina Liu (劉憶如) for what it said was repeated lying about document forgery.