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Protest law referred to Grand Justices

Saturday, 11 September 2010 07:40 Taipei Times

In a stunning turn of events in a 23-month-long court battle, a judge has decided to suspend the hearing and ask for a constitutional interpretation on whether illegal restrictions have been placed on the public’s right to assembly and on freedom of speech.

Taipei District Court Judge Chen Ssu-fan (陳思帆), presiding over a case where a university professor was arrested for holding a sit-in without a permit, said on Thursday night that the controversial Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法) would be passed on to the Council of Grand Justices to determine the constitutionality of several of its clauses.

Chen threatened over missing documents

Thursday, 09 September 2010 09:36 Taipei Times

The Presidential Office yesterday said it would take legal action in a few days if former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) refused to return documents he took with him when he left office.

Presidential Office Spokesman Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) said the former president may have violated the National Archives Act (國家檔案法), the Civil Servants Work Act (公務人員服務法), the Classified National Security Information Protection Act (國家機密保護法) and the penal code when he took about 20 boxes of documents when he left office.

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Newsflash

Former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) was indicted yesterday on charges of embezzling state funds, becoming the second democratically elected Taiwanese president to be indicted on corruption charges.

The Supreme Prosecutors’ Office Special Investigation Panel (SIP) has accused Lee and a top aide of illegally siphoning US$7.8 million from secret diplomatic funds used by the National Security Bureau (NSB) and laundering the money during his terms in office from 1988 to 2000.

If convicted, the 88-year-old Lee could face at least 10 years in prison, although prosecutors have indicated that they may ask for more lenient sentencing due to his age.