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Cambodia holds off on deportations

Taipei Times

Premier Lin Chuan, left, and Mainland Affairs Council Minister Katharine Chang yesterday answer questions at the Legislative Yuan about the 17 Taiwanese being held in Cambodia on suspicion of telecommunications fraud.
Photo: CNA

The Cambodian government yesterday suspended its plan to send 17 Taiwanese suspected of telecommunication fraud to China, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.

Not by any other name

Taipei Times

As a result of indifference from members of the hypocritical international community that do not have the guts to stand up to China’s despotism, Taiwan was again subjected to absurd treatment at an international event.

The ridiculousness was highlighted last week when Chinese Taipei Football Association secretary-general Chen Wei-jen (陳威任) said that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) had fined Taiwan’s national soccer body US$5,000 after spectators displayed a flag promoting Taiwanese independence at a game in Kaohsiung on June 2.

Protecting the essential culture of Taiwan

Omi Wilang 歐蜜偉浪

The Puzangalan Children’s Choir, whose members are Paiwan Aborigines and whose name means “hope” in Paiwan, performed the national anthem during President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) inauguration ceremony. The choir had been invited to a choir festival in China’s Guangdong Province next month, but after their inauguration performance, they were told that the invitation had been withdrawn because China thought that their “status” was “too sensitive.”

Hong Kong bookseller defies orders, leads protest

Taipei Times

Lam Wing-kei, center, participates in a protest march with pro-democracy lawmakers and supporters in Hong Kong yesterday.
Photo: Reuters

A Hong Kong bookseller who said he was blindfolded, interrogated and detained in China led a protest march yesterday defying Beijing as pressure grows for authorities to answer questions over the case.

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