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Ma makes unexpected visit to Singapore

Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Su Chen-ching, speaking at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday, criticizes President Ma Ying-jeou for visiting Singapore in a personal capacity to pay his respects following the death of former Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday made an unexpected visit to Singapore to pay tribute to the late Singaporean prime minister Lee Kuan Yew (李光耀), with government officials offering ambiguous answers to questions about in what capacity Ma is making the trip.

Activist who defended Sunflower protesters dies at 76

Taipei Times

Chou Jung-tsung, seated, on April 1 last year accuses police officers of assault for their actions against Executive Yuan protesters.
Photo: Chang Wen-chuan, Taipei Times

Pro-independence activist Chou Jung-tsung (周榮宗), 76, died from cirrhosis on Saturday, two days before the one-year anniversary of the March 23 Executive Yuan occupation last year.

White Terror victim to be honored in NTU memorial

Taipei Times

Chen Wen-cheng poses with his family in an undated image.
Photocopied by Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times

National Taiwan University’s (NTU) university affairs committee yesterday passed a proposal to name a campus plaza in honor of NTU Mathematics Department graduate Chen Wen-chen (陳文成), a well-known victim of the nation’s past authoritarian regime in a move lauded as a step toward transitional justice. The plaza is also to include a monument for Chen.

Taiwanese groups meet Dalai Lama with invite

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Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, prays for the victims of Typhoon Morakot, Hsiaolin village, Pingtung County, southern Taiwan August 31, 2009/file/Reuters

DHARAMSHALA, March 19: A group of Taiwanese religious representatives have requested the Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama to visit Taiwan, where his last visit was in 2009 to pray for the victims of Typhoon Morakot. The group on Monday presented before the Tibetan leader a joint invitation from 15 Taiwanese organizations at his residence here.

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