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Alliance urges scrutiny of grand justice candidates

Legal experts and human rights groups yesterday called for increased public scrutiny of the ongoing nomination process for four members of the Council of Grand Justices.

Members of the Grand Justices Nomination Oversight Alliance, a watchdog organization founded more than a decade ago, gathered to push the group’s aim of ensuring transparency in the nomination process and to monitor the quality of grand justice candidates.

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China preparing for Taiwan conflict: report


A J-31 stealth aircraft of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force lands on a runway after flying at the 10th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, on Nov. 11, last year.
Photo: Reuters

China’s massive military modernization program is dominated by preparations for a conflict with Taiwan and the possibility of US intervention, a Pentagon report said on Friday.

The report, which was issued in Washington, said that Beijing is ready to conduct missile attacks and precision strikes against the nation’s air defense systems, air bases, radar sites, missile silos, space assets and communications facilities.

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Members of the Rescue Lee Ming-che Team and others hold up ribbons a news conference in Taipei yesterday calling on the public not to forget about Lee and urging the Chinese authorities to release him.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

Human rights groups and lawmakers yesterday demanded China immediately release imprisoned rights advocate Lee Ming-che (李明哲), as they marked the third anniversary of his detention in Guangdong Province.