The Hualien District Prosecutors' Office yesterday afternoon punished local prosecutor Lee Tzu-chun (李子春) with two demerits for leading a rally on Tuesday protesting Hsieh Wen-ding's (謝文定) nomination as state public prosecutor-general.
The prosecutors' office decided that Lee's behavior had violated regulations which require that prosecutors stay out of politics.
"I, as a normal person, have the right to stand on the street to express my opinions," Lee said on learning of the decision.
"But I do not feel too bad about the punishment," he added.
This is not the first time that Lee, known for saying "Discipline me if it makes you feel better," has shown scant remorse when being rebuked by his superiors.
He was demoted and had his salary reduced when in January 2004 he summoned President Chen Shui-bian (
He was also disciplined for sending his indictment of You to the Hualien District Court without the approval of the local prosecutors' office.
Earlier yesterday, before the Hualien District Prosecutors' Office handed down its decision on Lee, the People First Party (PFP) caucus voiced its support for him. The PFP said that the Ministry of Justice should not employ double standards when meting out discipline to prosecutors.
PFP caucus whip Lu Hsueh-chang (
Liu was then a Taipei district prosecutor.
"Liu's violation was even more serious as he openly interfered in election activities in his capacity as a civil servant," Lu said.
Lu said that Council of Agriculture Chairman Su Jia-chyuan (
"Ministers taking to the streets sets the worst example," he said.
China has reserved offshore airspace in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea from March 27 to May 6, issuing alerts usually used to warn of military exercises, although no such exercises have been announced, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported yesterday. 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. These 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 is
NAMING SPAT: The foreign ministry called on Denmark to propose an acceptable solution to the erroneous nationality used for Taiwanese on residence permits Taiwan has revoked some privileges for Danish diplomatic staff over a Danish permit that lists “Taiwan” as “China,” Eric Huang (黃鈞耀), head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Department of European Affairs, told a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Reporters asked Huang whether the Danish government had responded to the ministry’s request that it correct the nationality on Danish residence permits of Taiwanese, which has been listed as “China” since 2024. Taiwan’s representative office in Denmark continues to communicate with the Danish government, and the ministry has revoked some privileges previously granted to Danish representatives in Taiwan and would continue to review
More than 6,000 Taiwanese students have participated in exchange programs in China over the past two years, despite the Mainland Affairs Council’s (MAC) “orange light” travel advisory, government records showed. The MAC’s publicly available registry showed that Taiwanese college and university students who went on exchange programs across the Strait numbered 3,592 and 2,966 people respectively. The National Immigration Agency data revealed that 2,296 and 2,551 Chinese students visited Taiwan for study in the same two years. A review of the Web sites of publicly-run universities and colleges showed that Taiwanese higher education institutions continued to recruit students for Chinese educational programs without
A bipartisan group of US senators has introduced a bill to enhance cooperation with Taiwan on drone development and to reduce reliance on supply chains linked to China. The proposed Blue Skies for Taiwan Act of 2026 was introduced by Republican US senators Ted Cruz and John Curtis, and Democratic US senators Jeff Merkley and Andy Kim. The legislation seeks to ease constraints on Taiwan-US cooperation in uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), including dependence on China-sourced components, limited access to capital and regulatory barriers under US export controls, a news release issued by Cruz on Wednesday said. The bill would establish a "Blue UAS
RSS