UNPRECEDENTED: The indictment of Wang You-theng, his wife and seven family members is part of a case that broke several records in Taiwanese judicial history
By Jimmy Chuang
Taipei prosecutors yesterday sought a prison sentence of 30 years and an unprecedented fine of NT$1.71 billion (US$52.13 million) for fugitive former Rebar Group (力霸集團) chairman Wang You-theng (王又曾) as they indicted him on embezzlement and other charges.

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`INSULT': A correspondent of The Associated Press could lose his visa over his report which said China has called the vice president the `scum of the nation'
By Shih Hsiu-chuan, Ko Shu-ling, Jewel Huang and Jimmy Chuang
A group of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday called for the government to expel Associated Press (AP) correspondent Lee Ming (李閩), who quoted Beijing's criticism of Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) in an article on Tuesday about Lu's presidential bid.

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British members of parliament (MPs) voted on Wednesday to reform the upper chamber of parliament, the House of Lords, to make it fully elected for the first time in its 600-year existence.

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The US military commander in Iraq said yesterday that he saw no immediate need to request more US troops other than those already announced.

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