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Ko said Ma behind Farglory: councilor

Taipei Times

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, second right, provides an update on the ongoing review progress of two controversial property development projects during a Democratic Progressive Party city council meeting in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) has accused President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) of rendering clandestine protection to Farglory Group (遠雄集團) over its scandal-prone Taipei Dome project, a Taipei city councilor said yesterday.

Forging a Taiwanese identity in our schools

Lee Min-yung 李敏勇

President-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has named former minister of finance Lin Chuan (林全) as premier, and he is to be tasked with forming the Cabinet of the incoming Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration. The names of other Cabinet members are to be made public in due course. Many Taiwanese political observers have turned their attention to the likely candidates, demonstrating the high expectations the nation has of the new government.

MOJ statement riles lawmaker, netizens

Taipei Times

New Power Party Legislator Hsu Yung-ming talks to reporters in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

A statement issued by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) late on Saturday has further fueled conflict between lawmakers and Minister of Justice Luo Ying-shay (羅瑩雪), with netizens accusing Luo of treating the ministry’s Web site as her personal Facebook page.

China panned over refusal of documents

Taipei Times

A Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator and the New Power Party (NPP) caucus yesterday panned China over its refusal to release information concerning 20 Taiwanese fraud suspects who were deported from Malaysia, which resulted in their release immediately upon arrival in Taiwan.

Twenty of the 52 Taiwanese arrested in Malaysia last month on suspicion of telephone fraud returned to Taiwan on Friday evening, after Taiwanese authorities spent the day discussing the case with Malaysia and China to try to prevent the Malaysian authorities from deporting them to China.

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