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A Tibetan Woman self-immolates over encroachment

DHARAMSHALA, April 5: An unidentified Tibetan woman has set herself on fire in Kyegudo in Amdo (Ch: Qinghai) Province to protest against the demolition of her home.

Citing sources in the region, the US-based Radio Free Asia said the protest occurred last week when a Chinese wrecking crew arrived to destroy her house.

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Return to prison not good for Chen: doctor


Democratic Progressive Party legislators Chen Ou-po, right, and Hsu Chung-hsin hold a press conference in Taipei yesterday, calling on the Ministry of Justice to immediately release former president Chen Shui-bian from prison on medical parole.
Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times

Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) is suffering from various ailments, and it would not be good for him to return to prison, his attending physician told lawmakers yesterday.

Chou Yuan-hua (周元華), a psychiatrist in charge of Chen’s care at Taipei Veterans General Hospital (TVGH), added that it would be better for the former president to be looked after at home or to stay in a hospital that has a psychiatry department near his home.

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Chen Chih-chung, son of former president Chen Shui-bian, speaks to the press yesterday, rejecting the Ministry of Justice’s judgements about his father’s health and saying that any medical issues should be examined and evaluated by medical experts.
Photo: Li Jung-ping, Taipei Times

The family of jailed former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) yesterday urged authorities to pay more attention to Chen’s health problems, in light of the fact that he has previously suffered a stroke.

Chen Chih-chung (陳致中), son of the former president, said a team of neurosurgeons and urologists from major medical centers should be allowed to examine his father.