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Tsai eyes security dialogue with Japan

Sunday, 03 March 2019 00:06 Taipei Times

A photograph of President Tsai Ing-wen is pictured in yesterday’s edition of the Sankei Shimbun, which contained an interview with Tsai.
Photo: CNA

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) has for the first time expressed intent to conduct direct dialogue with the Japanese government on cybersecurity and regional security issues.

Ko’s Holocaust ‘publicity’ remark sparks criticism

Friday, 01 March 2019 07:08 Taipei Times

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je is pictured at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday.
Photo: CNA, courtesy of Taipei City Government

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) has found himself at the center of another controversy after saying that the murder of 6 million Jews by Nazi Germany was the “greatest publicity” for Jews internationally.

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Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Lai Su-ju, second right, arrives for questioning in connection with a corruption investigation at the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office on Wednesday evening.
Photo: CNA

The Taipei Prosecutors’ Office yesterday sought the court’s permission to detain a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City councilor known for her close ties to President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), on suspicion of accepting bribes in the bidding process for the Taipei Twin Towers project.

Lai Su-ju (賴素如), a lawyer and former KMT spokeswoman who now runs Ma’s KMT chairman’s office, was accused of promising to help a multinational consortium win the bid for the project in exchange for NT$10 million (US$334,520).