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Fault lines should nix reactor proposal: group


National Taiwan University Department of Geosciences professor Chen Wen-shan, left, accompanied by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lin Shu-fen, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

The nation’s Fourth Nuclear Power Plant should not be activated, because a geological survey has confirmed that it sits close to active fault lines, activists said yesterday.

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The Siraya’s call for recognition

The Siraya people are losing faith that President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration will fulfill its promise of officially recognizing them before next year’s elections.

Since Tsai took office and apologized for the historical treatment of Aborigines, the Siraya (a subsection of the Pingpu) have waited for her to fulfill her promise of officially recognizing them.

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Independence veteran Su Beng mourned


Taiwanese independence advocate Su Beng is pictured in an undated photograph.
Photo provided by Avanguard Publishing

Taiwanese yesterday offered messages of condolence after Taiwanese independence advocate Su Beng (史明) died late on Friday at the age of 100.

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Political Maneuvering: Kiribati severs diplomatic relations


The national flag of Kiribati, fifth right, is pictured yesterday alongside the Republic of China flag, right, and the flags of Taiwan’s other diplomatic allies in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

Taiwan yesterday lost a second diplomatic ally in a week after Kiribati decided to switch recognition to China.

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Newsflash

Pointing to lenient sentences handed out in national security cases, Taiwan High Prosecutors’ Office Chief Prosecutor Hsing Tai-chao (邢泰釗) on Thursday called for stricter measures to deter espionage in Taiwan.

Hsing, a former Taipei district chief prosecutor, said that a review of more than 200 national security cases showed that none of the convicted defendants received a sentence of more than five years in prison.

Cases of people working on behalf of China to infiltrate government and military positions to obtain top-level and classified materials to undermine Taiwan’s security are a serious concern that erodes public confidence in the nation’s leadership, he said.