The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) yesterday urged President Chen Shui-bian (
"So far, the progress of the March 19 shooting investigation indicates that the motive of the suspect, Chen Yi-hsiung (陳義雄), who attempted to murder President Chen Shui-bian (
`Ask for forgiveness'
"Therefore, we ask President Chen to learn from the emperors of ancient times and issue a decree to acknowledge his mistakes in leading the country and ask for the people's forgiveness," Chen said.
"President Chen owes all the people of Taiwan an apology and should seek more positive advice to stabilize the nation," he said.
Chen Chien-ming made the remarks during a news conference held yesterday morning at the TSU's headquarters.
Chen Chien-ming said that the president should grant the suspect's family an amnesty to show sincerity toward maintaining the nation's stability. Three members of the suspected shooter's family have been charged in relation to the investigation. They are alleged to have destroyed evidence.
Defensive referendum
Meanwhile, Liao again called on Chen to launch a "defensive referendum" on May 14, in tandem with elections for representatives to the National Assembly.
"China's proposed `anti-secession' law has revealed China's ambitions to seize Taiwan, and Taiwan's president has to take initiatives to counteract China's invasion," Liao said.
DPP Legislator Hsu Kuo-yung (
"The TSU's demand would only harm the union of the country and is not helpful for political cooperation," Hsu added.
A group of Taiwanese-American and Tibetan-American students at Harvard University on Saturday disrupted Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng’s (謝鋒) speech at the school, accusing him of being responsible for numerous human rights violations. Four students — two Taiwanese Americans and two from Tibet — held up banners inside a conference hall where Xie was delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the Harvard Kennedy School China Conference 2024. In a video clip provided by the Coalition of Students Resisting the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), Taiwanese-American Cosette Wu (吳亭樺) and Tibetan-American Tsering Yangchen are seen holding banners that together read:
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Heat advisories were in effect for nine administrative regions yesterday afternoon as warm southwesterly winds pushed temperatures above 38°C in parts of southern Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. As of 3:30pm yesterday, Tainan’s Yujing District (玉井) had recorded the day’s highest temperature of 39.7°C, though the measurement will not be included in Taiwan’s official heat records since Yujing is an automatic rather than manually operated weather station, the CWA said. Highs recorded in other areas were 38.7°C in Kaohsiung’s Neimen District (內門), 38.2°C in Chiayi City and 38.1°C in Pingtung’s Sandimen Township (三地門), CWA data showed. The spell of scorching