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Court watcher Jennifer Cheng says Republic of China courts lack justice

Michael Richardson

Court watcher Jennifer Cheng shows off her thumbs-up signal she gave to Chen Shui-bian during his trial

Jennifer Cheng, a supporter of Chen Shui-bian, the imprisoned former president of the Republic of China in-exile, says the courts in Taiwan lack fairness under ROC administration. Cheng has the unique vantage point of being the only member of the public to attend every court session in Chen Shui-bian’s four years of prosecution for alleged corruption.

The lack of a jury system leaves the judges in charge of guilt or innocence and Cheng says that is where things go wrong under the ROC judicial system, Cheng said in an exclusive interview in Taipei.

Ex-generals seek PRC tie-up on islands

Taipei Times

Retired senior military officers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait are pressuring President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to allow greater cooperation with China, telling a forum earlier this week that the Diaoyutai Islands (釣魚台) controversy provides the perfect context in which to do so.

The comments, which called for the creation of a cross-strait military cooperation mechanism, were made on the sidelines of a workshop organized by the Chinese Century Communicating Association (中華世紀交流協會) in Hong Kong on Tuesday.

Court watcher Jennifer Cheng attended every day of Chen Shui-bian trial

Michael Richardson

Court watcher Jennifer Cheng says Chen Shui-bian was harrassed in the courtroom

Jennifer Cheng, a supporter of imprisoned former President Chen Shui-bian, attended every session of Chen’s 2009 trial. The trial was restricted to a limited attendance of twenty members of the public per day. Many sought admission but only a few got in the courtroom making Cheng’s attendance record remarkable.

Jennifer Cheng is an unabashed supporter of Chen Shui-bian and repeatedly referred to Chen by his nickname, Abian, during an interview in the coffee shop of a downtown Taipei hotel to discuss Chen’s trial.

DPP urges president to grant Chen Shui-bian medical parole

Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang, center, and a group of DPP legislators yesterday prepare for a press conference calling on the government to grant former president Chen Shui-bian medical.
Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday called on President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) to grant former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) medical parole after a magazine reported on the deterioration of Chen’s health.

The DPP Central Standing Committee yesterday reached a resolution to demand that Ma grant medical parole for Chen, who is serving an 18-and-a-half-year sentence for corruption, but has been hospitalized for treatment of various complications.

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