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Ex-president’s daughter treats her father in prison

Taipei Times

Former president Chen Shui-bian’s daughter, Chen Hsing-yu, left, accompanied by Taipei City Councilor Chiang Chih-ming, arrives at Taipei Prison in Taoyuan County on Wednesday to give Chen Shui-bian dental treatment.
Photo: Yu Jui-jen, Taipei Times

Former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) daughter, a dentist, visited her father in prison on Wednesday to treat him for gum disease.

After examining her father’s mouth, Chen Hsing-yu (陳幸妤) said he needed new dentures and further treatment for gum disease.

Chen Hsing-yu’s husband, Chao Chien-ming (趙建銘), an orthopedist, also recently visited his father-in-law, who has been complaining of knee pain.

Wanted: a government with spine

Taipei Times Editorial

What good is a government when it cannot defend its national dignity and act against intimidation and belittlement by others?

Sadly, the administration under President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) fails to do exactly that; it easily wimps out when confronted by its bully neighbor, China.

Protesters call for Want Want chairman to apologize

Taipei Times

A demonstrator gestures in front of a poster of Want Want-China Times Group chairman Tsai Eng-meng during a student protest in front of CtiTV headquarters in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times

About 700 people yesterday protested in front of the CtiTV (中天電視) building in Taipei, calling on Want Want-China Times Group (旺旺中時集團) chairman Tsai Eng-meng (蔡衍明) to apologize for leading what they called an “unprofessional media group” and to return to his old business of selling rice crackers.

The protesters were mainly members of the Anti-Media Monster Youth Alliance, which is composed of 30 student clubs from several universities. Teachers, journalists and regular working people also showed up, adding to the mix of placards and posters.

Ngawang Norphel passes away in a Chinese hospital

Tendar Tsering

Ngawang Norphel carrying serious burns after his self-immolation protest against China's continued occupation of Tibet on June 20, 2012 in Keygudo, Kham, eastern Tibet.

DAHRAMSHALA, July 30: More than a month after his self-immolation protest, Ngawang Norphel, a young Tibetan passed away in a Chinese hospital in the Tsongon region of eastern Tibet today.

According to his uncle, Tenzin Phegyel, a resident of Dharamshala, Ngawang Norphel’s father was in the hospital at the time of his death.

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