‘TRUTHFUL ACCOUNT’: As she arrived in court, Chen Hsing-yu’s entourage pushed and shoved against a crowd. At one point, she was hit in the face by an umbrella
By Shelley Huang, Rich Chang and Flora Wang
Chen Hsing-yu (陳幸妤) and Chen Chih-chung (陳致中), the daughter and son of former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁), yesterday admitted in court to giving false testimony about the family’s alleged money laundering.

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‘NOT YET HIT BOTTOM’: A survey by the Ministry of Education shows that 44 percent of new graduates, or 140,000 people, intend to seek employment in the near future
By Crystal Hsu
The nation’s unemployment hit a record high last month, after new college graduates began entering the job market but failed to find jobs, the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) said yesterday.

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The US has expressed concern over a new rule that all computers sold in China be rigged with Internet filtering software, a US official said in Beijing yesterday amid fears for online freedom.

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A senior Iranian politician said yesterday the government was ready to legally pursue moderate defeated presidential election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi for acting against national security by calling for street protests.

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The World Bank yesterday estimated economic growth in developing countries at 1.2 percent this year and said that without China and India, output would have shrunk 1.6 percent.

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