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Groups appeal for clarification of Lee Ming-che’s status

Taipei Times

Members of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, including secretary-general Chiu Ee-ling, second left, hold flowers at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times

Worried that detained human rights advocate Lee Ming-che (李明哲) might have been sentenced in secret, civic groups and legislators yesterday urged the government to take immediate action to protect Lee’s right to appeal.

May Chin pressured school over concert: NTU

Taipei Times

A page from documents obtained by the Liberty Times on a report on the agreement by National Taiwan University’s athletics department to allow the use of its athletic field for the “Sing! China: Shanghai-Taipei Music Festival” is shown to the media on Saturday.
Photo: Rachel Lin, Taipei Times

Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Legislator May Chin (高金素梅) pressured National Taiwan University (NTU) to loan its athletic field for use by the “Sing! China: Shanghai-Taipei Music Festival,” according to school documents obtained by reporters.

Chen’s medical team kicks out Ko for illness remarks

Taipei Times

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je is interviewed by Jaw Shao-kong on TVBS on Friday.
Screengrab from Jaw Shao-kong Situation Room

Former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) personal medical team last night said that Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) is no longer fit to be the team’s convener after Ko said that Chen had faked his illness before actually falling ill.