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2012 ELECTIONS: TSU sues president, Su Chi for treason

Taipei Times

Taiwan Solidarity Union Chairman Huang Kun-huei speaks during a press conference yesterday about the party’s treason lawsuit against President Ma Ying-jeou and former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi.

Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times

The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) yesterday filed a lawsuit against President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and former Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) chairman Su Chi (蘇起), accusing the two of treason by conspiring with China to create the so-called “1992 consensus,” which the party said had never existed.

TSU Chairman Huang Kun-huei (黃昆輝) filed the lawsuit at the Taiwan High Prosecutors’ Office after a press conference where he said Ma and Su should be held accountable for inventing the consensus, which could eventually jeopardize Taiwan’s sovereignty.

Oct. 25 is Taiwan’s date with disaster

Kuo Cheng-deng 郭正典

It is clear from the suggestion President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) recently made about the possibility of signing a cross-strait peace agreement that he is preparing to carry out the last wish of his late father as he lay on his deathbed, that he continue to work toward eventual unification. If the public lets Ma and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) go on trampling Taiwan underfoot, it will be the nation’s third major disaster.

Tseng wins for herself and Taiwan

Taipei Times Editorial

Yani Tseng (曾雅妮) won Taiwan’s first LPGA tournament, sharing some of the glory of her position as the queen of golf with fellow Taiwanese. The tournament was hosted by Hsu Tien-ya (許典雅) of the Sunrise Golf and Country Club, who invited the world’s top 10 female golfers to participate. Reporters from more than 20 countries covered the event, which was broadcast in dozens of countries.

Political victims form alliance for Tsai

Taipei Times

Supporters greet Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen, center, as she arrives at the launch in Taipei yesterday of a campaign support group set up for her by four associations of political victims.

Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times

Victims of political persecution and their families yesterday voiced support for Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), while expressing the hope that she would pursue transitional justice if she is elected in January’s presidential election.

An alliance of four major associations of political victims consisting of victims of the 228 Massacre and the White Terror era announced the formation of a booster club for the DPP’s presidential candidate at a press conference.

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