The pan-blue alliance is planning another mass demonstration at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall today to demand that the government reveal the truth about President Chen Shui-bian's (
While Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (
Taipei Major Ma Ying-jeou (
According to the pan-blue camp's application to stage the demonstration, it will be attended by no more than 500 people, but the alliance has since claimed that the demonstration could attract as many as 50,000 people.
"While we recognize that we applied to stage an event with 500 people, we can't stop people who voluntarily join our appeal and show up at the event, " said KMT spokesman Alex Tsai (蔡正元).
Challenging the election result, the pan-blue alliance made three demands during the demonstrations that started at the Presidential Office on March 21 and later moved to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
The demands are: an immediate recount of votes, the creation of an independent task force to investigate the assassination attempt on the eve of the election, and issues relating to the activation of a national security mechanism following the attack.
Meanwhile, in response to speculation about why the police turned down a request by Tu Chieh-teh (
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China has reserved offshore airspace over the Yellow Sea and East China Sea from March 27 to May 6, issuing alerts that are usually used to warn of military exercises, although no such exercises have been announced, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Sunday. Reserving such a large area for 40 days without explanation is an “unusual step,” as military exercises normally only last a few days, the paper said. The alerts, known as notice to air missions (NOTAMs), “are intended to inform pilots and aviation authorities of temporary airspace hazards or restrictions,” the article said. The airspace reserved in the alert
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