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Former officials found not guilty

Former vice president Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) and former Presidential Office secretary-general Yu Shyi-kun (游錫堃) were found not guilty by the Taipei District Court yesterday of using fraudulent receipts to claim state affairs funds during their stint in the Presidential Office.

The Taipei District Court said that given their positions in the government, Lu and Yu were busy with public affairs and left using receipts to claim fund reimbursements to their aides.

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Tibet activists rally against Hu in Hong Kong

Activists wave Tibetan national flags at a massive protest rally
against Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Hong Kong, July 1, 2012.
(Photo.UNFFT, Hong Kong)
Activists wave Tibetan national flags at a massive protest rally against Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Hong Kong, July 1, 2012. (Photo.UNFFT, Hong Kong)

DHARAMSHALA, July 2: Tibet activists and supporters joined 400,000 people in the streets of Hong Kong yesterday in a protest rally against Hu Jintao, who was visiting the business hub to commemorate the 15th anniversary of its handover to China.

The protesters waving Tibetan national flags denounced Hu’s failed policies in Tibet, from implementing martial law in Tibet in 1989 to his government’s crackdown on the peaceful 2008 mass protests in Tibet.

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Newsflash

Taiwan could have the first of a new fleet of diesel-electric submarines operating in its waters in seven years, a US military expert predicted on Tuesday.

Speaking at the close of the 13th annual US-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference, 2049 Institute executive director Mark Stokes said that if Taipei remains committed to the submarine program, “I don’t have any doubt they will succeed.”