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Renewed call to pardon Chen Shui-bian rejected


Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu, center, yesterday speaks to the media after visiting former president Chen Shui-bian with vice president-elect Chen Chien-jen in Kaohsiung.
Photo: Chang Chung-i, Taipei Times

The Presidential Office has rejected a renewed call from local governments to pardon former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), saying there are still ongoing criminal cases involving Chen.

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KMT shows true colors with choice of Hung

Seemingly worried that outsiders might not know how divided its ranks really are, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) keeps putting on performances that highlight its internal contradictions.

As the party’s presidential candidate last year, Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) — also known as the “Little Red Pepper” (小辣椒) — was defeated by the KMT’s local factions and replaced by then-KMT chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫). However, she has made a big comeback, sending the factions sprawling by getting elected as KMT chairwoman.

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What the ‘Panama Papers’ reveal

The first tantalizing tidbits from a year-long investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), the Sueddeutsche Zeitung and more than 100 other media organizations, including CommonWealth Magazine, into a massive trove of leaked files from a Panamanian law firm were released on Sunday, shining a spotlight on the secretive world of offshore financial holdings.

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‘Overstaying Chinese might be spies’

Former Taiwan Solidarity Union legislator Hsu Chung-hsin (許忠信) said he has concerns over the intentions of Chinese who go missing after entering Taiwan on the pretext of traveling or undergoing medical procedures, saying they could be on intelligence-gathering missions.

According to statistics compiled by the National Immigration Agency (NIA), there are 146 Chinese who are unaccounted for, entering Taiwan for tourism or to undergo medical procedures.

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Newsflash


The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co is pictured at its headquarters in Hsinchu on Jan. 19.
Photo: Ann Wang, Reuters

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) yesterday announced plans to build a new plant in Japan next year to produce 22-nanometer and 28-nanometer chips in its latest effort to expand its global manufacturing footprint.