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AEC’s arrogance endangers us all

Jay Fang 方儉

The US sports media came up with a new word, “Linsanity,” to describe the unexpected — and inexplicable — string of astonishing performances by NBA player Jeremy Lin (林書豪).

On June 18, Atomic Energy Council (AEC) Minister Tsai Chuen-horng (蔡春鴻) and the council’s Department of Nuclear Regulation director Chen Yi-pin (陳宜彬) decided that Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) should restart reactor No. 1 of the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s (新北市) Wanli District (萬里). If one were to choose a word that best described this decision, one could not go far wrong with “insanity” here, either. What they are doing is essentially setting up the conditions for a compounded natural disaster and human catastrophe.

Ma’s past returns to haunt him

Taipei Times Editorial

Sometimes it is truly amazing just how far a politician can change their stance on a particular issue.

President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) provides an example of just such a case as his administration tries to persuade Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers to support an amendment to the Act Governing Food Sanitation (食品衛生管理法) that would ease import restrictions on beef containing residue of the livestock feed additive ractopamine.

DPP seeks public support for ex-president

Taipei Times

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday passed a resolution urging party representatives and officials to gather public support for the release of former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) for medical treatment.

“The DPP urged its councilors and representatives at various levels nationwide to solicit support [for Chen’s medical release] and called for more support from civic groups with the resolution,” DPP spokesperson Lin Chun-hsien (林俊憲) said after the Central Executive Committee meeting.

Human rights groups call for end to Syrian violence

Taipei Times

Supporters of Amnesty International and several other human rights groups hold a protest outside the Russian representative office in Taipei yesterday, calling on Russia to stop supplying arms to Syria.
Photo: Hsieh Wen-hua, Taipei Times

Human rights groups yesterday protested outside the Russian representative office in Taipei, condemning what they said was the Moscow-sponsored violence in Syria, while urging the Russian government to suspend arms sales to the Syrian government.

Since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad broke out in March last year, more than 14,000 people have reportedly been killed. Many were civilians who died from government artillery and tank shellings, or were shot at close range. Despite the escalation of violence, Moscow continues to sell weapons to its ally in Damascus.

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