Taiwan Tati Cultural and Educational Foundation

 
  • Increase font size
  • Default font size
  • Decrease font size
Home The News

News

Project ‘Recall HQ’ launched in Neihu


Supporters of the Appendectomy Project, which is campaigning to recall Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alex Tsai, cheer at the opening of their campaign office in Taipei’s Neihu District yesterday.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times

The Appendectomy Project’s campaign to oust Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alex Tsai (蔡正元) reached a new milestone yesterday, with the inauguration of the nation’s first “Recall Headquarters,” launched in Taipei’s Neihu District (內湖).

To recall Tsai in the upcoming referendum, which is to take place on Feb. 14, more than half the ballots cast must be in favor of the motion.

Read more...
 
 

Lawyer to Ma’s father sues KMT elites over assets


Lawyer and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) member George Wang yesterday prepares to file a lawsuit with the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office over the unexplained loss of value of the party’s assets.
Photo: Chien Li-chung, Taipei Times

George Wang (王可富), lawyer and former legal consultant to Ma Ho-ling (馬鶴凌), yesterday filed suit against 13 elite members of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) — including President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) — accusing them of breach of trust and embezzling NT$200 billion (US$6.3 billion) worth of party assets.

“Ma Ying-jeou is behind the unexplained depreciation of party assets,” Wang said as he filed the suit with the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office.

Read more...
 


Page 124 of 249

Newsflash

Pressure from China, flawed legislation and self-censorship among Taiwanese youth are the biggest threats to the nation’s freedom of speech, Nylon Cheng Liberty Foundation managing director Cheng Tsing-hua (鄭清華) said on Saturday.

April 7 was designated Free Speech Day in 2016 to commemorate democracy advocate Deng Nan-jung (鄭南榕), who set himself on fire 29 years ago to protest against government restrictions on the freedom of speech.