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DPP lawmakers file slander suit against KMT's Ma
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Wang Sing-nan said a bill proposed by the DPP would offer alleged perpetrators -- or their relatives -- the change to clear their names
STAFF WRITER, WITH CNA
Thursday, Dec 06, 2007, Page 3
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wang Sing-nan (王幸男) filed a slander suit against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) yesterday over a 228 Incident bill that the DPP caucus has submitted.
Wang and other DPP legislators filed charges at the Taipei Prosecutors Office accusing Ma of "malicious defamation" over the bill, which aims to bring to justice those responsible for the 228 Incident and for government crimes during the Martial Law era.
Wang, who proposed the draft bill -- which has been endorsed by 34 other DPP lawmakers -- blasted Ma for his "twisted rhetoric" that claims the bill will involve innocent people because article four of the bill stipulates that if the alleged perpetrators have died, their spouses, sons and even third cousins would have to stand trial in their places.
Wang accused Ma of seriously distorting the intention of the proposed article.
The lawmaker said the aim of the measure was to offer the accused's offspring "the chance to defend their fathers, grandfathers or relatives."
"I have explained what the proposal is all about but he [Ma] still complained and criticized it," Wang told a press conference held with DPP legislators Kao Chien-chih (高建智) and Wang Shu-hui (王淑慧).
"I am filing the slander suit because what he [Ma] said has nothing to do with the truth," Wang Sing-nan said.
On Tuesday Ma said that the DPP had crossed the line in rehashing the 228 Incident because the bill would hurt the victims' families since it failed to take their feelings into account.
The proposal was just a DPP scheme to cement the pan-green camp voter base ahead of next year's elections, Ma said.
KMT Legislator Tseng Yung-chuan (曾永權), director of the party's Policy Coordination Committee, turned down an invitation by Wang Sing-nan on Tuesday to a debate on the 228 Incident.
"There is no need to respond to Wang [Sing-nan] as it would only fuel social confrontation between the two camps," Tseng said.
Additional reporting by Jimmy Chuang
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