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Taiwanese scholars say Chen Shui-bian’s trial is political persecution

Michael Richardson

Taipei District Judge Hong Yin-Hua says the Ministry o Justice has failed to establish criteria for medical parole as ordered by the Control Yuan.

A new book, Judicial Justice and Human Rights—The Chen Shui-bian Case, details a pattern of political persecution say the Taiwanese scholars who co-authored the study. Published by the Taiwan Association of University Professors, the book is a collection of eight academic theses examining the circumstances of the prosecution of the former president of the Republic of China in-exile.

Nuclear experts lacking empathy

Li Shang-jen 李尚仁

People in favor of nuclear power often condescend to supporters of the anti-nuclear movement, saying: “You do not know what you’re talking about, you are not scientists, yours is an irrational fear.” By this, they mean that “you don’t have a background in nuclear power engineering, you don’t understand anything about nuclear power plants, so you are not qualified to have a say in the debate about nuclear safety.”

However, who is most qualified to talk about nuclear safety? Is it the nuclear power engineers? Are they really the highest authority on the dangers of nuclear power?

Taiwan gets barred from Jakarta defense summit

Taipei Times

A Taiwanese delegation was forced to withdraw from the third Jakarta International Defense Dialogue (JIDD) without being given an explanation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs deputy spokesman Calvin Ho (何震寰) said yesterday.

Ho said that the ministry has already instructed the Taipei Economic and Trade Office in Jakarta to demand an explanation from the Indonesian government, which was hosting the conference, soon after the four-member delegation was informed that it could not attend the summit.

Motions passed to cease nuclear plant construction

Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party lawmakers call for the cessation of construction on the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Gongliao District, New Taipei City, during a meeting of the Economic Committee yesterday at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
Photo: CNA

Motions demanding that state-owned Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台灣電力公司) suspend construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s (新北市) Gongliao District (貢寮) and rejecting the company’s budget proposal for the year were passed yesterday by the legislature’s Economics Committee.

The motions, initiated by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers, shot down Taipower’s plan to spend NT$11.7 billion (US$392.99 million) on the plant this year, including NT$10.7 billion of construction work that has already been outsourced.

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