NOT SAFE: MRT staff were ill-prepared to deal with the new Neihu Line’s most serious glitch to date, with many left to force their way out of trains without assistance
By Mo Yan-chih
The Taipei City MRT’s Neihu and Muzha lines were suspended yesterday afternoon after a sudden power outage, forcing about 700 passengers to walk down the elevated rail lines to return to station platforms after trains stopped between stations.

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UNFAIRLY JAILED: The former president’s court-appointed lawyers argued that the reasons for keeping him behind bars had ceased to exist once the trial started
By Shelley Huang and Jenny W. Hsu
Former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) detention hearing yesterday attracted big crowds inside and outside the courtroom, including former Judicial Yuan vice president Cheng Chung-mo (城仲模), several Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators and hundreds of the former president’s supporters.

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By Shelley Huang
A 51-year-old cab driver set himself on fire outside the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) building yesterday.

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By Shelley Huang
State Public Prosecutor-General Chen Tsung-ming (陳聰明) yesterday filed a slander lawsuit against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chiu Yi (邱毅).

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Bombs killed nearly 60 people in Iraq on Thursday in the worst violence since US combat troops withdrew from urban areas last week, while US forces released five Iranian officials suspected of aiding Shiite insurgents.

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Emergency officials were evacuating more than 400,000 people yesterday after an earthquake hit southwest China, killing one person, injuring hundreds and flattening more than 18,000 homes.

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