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China’s ties to gangs to be investigated

Taipei Times

Minister of the Interior Yeh Jiunn-rong speaks to reporters at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

Minister of the Interior Yeh Jiunn-rong (葉俊榮) yesterday said China’s alleged manipulation of organized crime groups in Taiwan would not be tolerated.

More independence word games

Taipei Times Editorial

Premier William Lai’s (賴清德) rhetoric regarding the nation’s de facto independence continued to snowball yesterday, with the pro-unification New Party urging the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) to join it in taking Lai to court over an “offense of sedition.”

During his first Legislative Yuan appearance as premier on Tuesday, Lai defused politically sensitive questions from KMT lawmakers regarding his stance on the independence-unification issue with a carefully calibrated response.

Personal opinion and party lines

Taipei Times Editorial

It is normal for the head of a country’s executive branch to be clear about their nation’s status as an independent, sovereign state; to say that the government will seek to prioritize the interests of the nation, while being mindful of the need to cooperate with other nations; and to work to realize the will and interests of its citizens.

The reaction to Premier William Lai’s (賴清德) comments in the Legislative Yuan on Tuesday show just how far Taiwan’s situation is from normal.

Pardon for Chen, peace for Taiwan

Hsu Wun-pin 許文彬

The pan-green political camp has been on tenterhooks over whether former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), who is on medical parole after serving six years of a 20-year sentence for corruption, should be granted amnesty.

A motion in favor of amnesty was on the agenda of Sunday’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) National Congress, but was not addressed after the congress lost its quorum.

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