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Legislature to vote on disputed bills

`BLACK GOLD' The premier yesterday cast light on a request to drop amendments relaxing rules meant to end corruption in farmers' and fishermen's associations

By Shih Hsiu-chuan and Flora Wang  /  STAFF REPORTERS

"We all know that it takes a long time for a legal case to go through three trials," DPP Legislator Wang To-far (王塗發) said at the press conference.

"Relaxing the regulation to allow staffers who are standing trial for corruption to stay employed until a final verdict has been delivered will only give them more time to embezzle money from the associations," he said.

Wang said they agreed with the Cabinet that association personnel who are convicted in a second trial should be dismissed.

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