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Beijing threatens freedom in Taiwan

Nat Bellocchi 白樂崎

During this year’s hot summer, a document was published that perhaps did not receive sufficient attention in Taiwan, where people were preoccupied with a number of domestic issues.

The publication of “Document No. 9” in Beijing was revealed in a New York Times article on Aug. 19 headlined “China takes aim at Western ideas,” by Chris Buckley.

President’s actions are as dreadful as Nixon’s

Chen Chien-fu 陳建甫

According to the powers invested in the legislature by the Constitution, neither the Legislative Yuan’s Discipline Committee nor the Document Request Committee is able to investigate President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) or Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) in connection to the constitutional crisis involving the executive, legislative and judicial branches that has been set off by the wiretapping of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) and the ensuing accusation of improper lobbying.

Legislative Yuan tapped by SID: Ker

Taipei Times

A woman makes a phone call in this picture taken yesterday. It has been reported that the Special Investigation Division has been wiretapping the legislature’s switchboard.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus whip Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) yesterday accused the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Special Investigation Division (SID) of wiretapping the Legislative Yuan.

The legislature’s central exchange number, along with Ker’s cellphone number, were found on lists of tapped telephone lines.

All inbound and outbound telephone calls to the Legislative Yuan have been wiretapped, Ker said.

Remove trade pact from agenda

Huang Tien-lin 黃天麟

After more than a week, the secrets about the “September strife” ambush launched by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) against Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) have started to surface. It has become apparent that Ma wanted to get rid of Wang so he could push the cross-strait service trade agreement through the legislature to appease Beijing.

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