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Tsai urged to focus on KMT assets issue


Taiwan Nation Alliance supporters rally outside the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) headquarters in Taipei on May 13 last year.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

President-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) should make a pledge to show her incoming administration’s determination to address the issue of the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) ill-gotten party assets, academics said yesterday.

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Taipei rally endorses the death penalty


A boy holds a white flower during a rally held to support the death penalty in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: EPA

A rally was held in Taipei yesterday in support of capital punishment, following the decapitation of a four-year-old child last month.

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Ma is being reckless on his way out

National defense and diplomacy are two major issues under the president’s authority, according to the Republic of China Constitution, but recent moves by President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) show that he considers them as stages for his personal show.

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High Court summons Chen Shui-bian


Former president Chen Shui-bian is pictured sitting in a wheelchair during a medical check at the Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in 2015.
Photo: Chang Chung-yi, Taipei Times

Former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) lawyers yesterday confirmed that he has been summoned to appear at the High Court on May 13, as the court reopens a trial into corruption charges against Chen over alleged misuse of the state affairs fund.

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Newsflash

US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chairperson of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, will introduce new legislation over the next few days to strengthen and enhance the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA).

This move is aimed in part at pressuring the administration of US President Barack Obama into providing more support to Taipei.

A senior committee aide confirmed to the Taipei Times on Friday that Ros-Lehtinen planned to introduce a bill soon after the US Congress reconvenes on Tuesday — it is currently on break to celebrate the Labor Day vacation — and would quickly call a hearing on Taiwan policy.