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Lu urges president to clarify nuclear energy policy

Taipei Times

Taiwan Alliance for Green 21 convener and former vice president Annette Lu, second left, speaks during a press conference in Taipei yesterday about an anti-nuclear referendum that the group has initiated in New Taipei City.
Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times

Former vice president Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) yesterday urged President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to hold an open dialogue with people petitioning for an anti-nuclear referendum to explain the government’s policy on nuclear energy.

“If more than 100,000 people signed the petition, Ma would be obligated to publicly explain his policy,” Lu, who had initiated an anti-nuclear referendum in New Taipei City (新北市), told a press conference.

Scholar Jerome Keating says Chen Shui-bian is victim of political persecution

Michael Richardson

Scholar Jerome Keating says Chen Shui-bian has been persecuted

Jerome Keating, a retired university professor and recognized scholar on Taiwan, says former Republic of China in-exile President Chen Shui-bian is a victim of political persecution. Chen is serving a 17-year sentence for alleged corruption following a controversial trial.

Keating, author of four books on the political history of Taiwan, has closely followed the prosecution of President Chen from his home in Taipei and is blunt in his criticism of Chen’s trial.

Ma running the country like an old court farce

Steve Wang 王思為

As the furor over whether President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is eligible to run for re-election as chairman of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) continues, one has to wonder if it is a storm in a teacup or a national disaster.

Judging from the current political situation, it is clear that Taiwan exists in a precarious world. Governments around the world are racking their brains in an attempt to safeguard the future of their countries, actively protecting their core economic, fiscal and national security interests.

Judge Hong Yin-hua says Chen Shui-bian’s conviction was illegal

Michael Richardson

Judge Hong Yin-hua says Chen Shui-bian's trial was illegal

Taiwan Political Prisoner Report, Jan. 24, 2013. Su-Lin District Court Judge Hong Yin-hua, in Taipei, demonstrated personal courage and integrity by coming forward in public with criticism of the conviction of former President Chen Shui-bian in remarks published in the Liberty Times. In the Republic of China in-exile, jury trials are banned and one’s fate in court is left to a judge. Judge Hong says the selection of judges in Chen’s case was “illegal” thus Chen’s conviction was invalid.

Chen Shui-bian was convicted in 2009 for alleged corruption following a controversial trial marred by the changing of judges and other procedural irregularities. Critics of the trial claim that the prosecution of Chen was politically motivated and the outcome was planned in advance.

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