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 (
The Grand Hotel Taipei on Saturday confirmed that its information system had been illegally accessed and expressed its deepest apologies for the concern it has caused its customers, adding that the issue is being investigated by the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau. The hotel said that on Tuesday last week, it had discovered an external illegal intrusion into its information system. An initial digital forensic investigation confirmed that parts of the system had been accessed, it said, adding that the possibility that some customer data were stolen and leaked could not be ruled out. The actual scope and content of the affected data
DO THEY BITE IT? Cats have better memories than people might think, but their motivation is based entirely around the chance of getting fed Cats can remember the identity of the people who fed them the day before, Taipei-based veterinarians said on Friday, debunking a popular myth that cats have a short memory. If a stray does not recognize the person who fed them the previous day, it is likely because they are not carrying food and the cat has no reason to recognize them, said Wu Chou Animal Hospital head Chen Chen-huan (陳震寰). “When cats come to a human bearing food, it is coming for the food, not the person,” he said. “The food is the key.” Since the cat’s attention is on the food, it
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