Chow Mei-ching (周美青), the wife of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), yesterday filed a lawsuit against Chin Heng-wei (金恆煒), the vice-president of the pro-independence Northern Taiwan Society, for saying she stole newspapers from Harvard University's Harvard-Yenching Library when she was a student there.
Chin accused Ma's wife of theft during her college years at a recent election rally for Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (
Ma's camp threatened to sue Chin for defamation. Chow's lawyer yesterday filed the suit against Chin at the Taipei District Court, demanding that Chiang post an apology in all four major newspapers while asking for compensation of NT$5 million (US$162,000), which will be donated to charity.
Chin has shrugged off the lawsuit, saying Ma's camp has no grounds to sue him because he was merely quoting a book written about Ma.
Chin also claimed he had more evidence to back up his accusation and would reveal it tomorrow at a press conference.
Chow's lawyer said Chin is responsible for what he said regardless of whether he was quoting another source.
Meanwhile, Vincent Siew, the KMT vice-presidential candidate, (
The six said Siew's daughter and son-in-law own a mansion in the Boston area, a rumor that Siew has vehemently denied.
In a press release from his office, Siew said that after selling both of his houses in Taipei City in 1999 during his stint as premier, he did not have any real estate under his name. He and his wife are currently residing in a home owned by their third daughter, the statement said.
Taiwan would benefit from more integrated military strategies and deployments if the US and its allies treat the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea as a “single theater of operations,” a Taiwanese military expert said yesterday. Shen Ming-shih (沈明室), a researcher at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, said he made the assessment after two Japanese military experts warned of emerging threats from China based on a drill conducted this month by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theater Command. Japan Institute for National Fundamentals researcher Maki Nakagawa said the drill differed from the
‘WORSE THAN COMMUNISTS’: President William Lai has cracked down on his political enemies and has attempted to exterminate all opposition forces, the chairman said The legislature would motion for a presidential recall after May 20, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said yesterday at a protest themed “against green communists and dictatorship” in Taipei. Taiwan is supposed to be a peaceful homeland where people are united, but President William Lai (賴清德) has been polarizing and tearing apart society since his inauguration, Chu said. Lai must show his commitment to his job, otherwise a referendum could be initiated to recall him, he said. Democracy means the rule of the people, not the rule of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), but Lai has failed to fulfill his
A rally held by opposition parties yesterday demonstrates that Taiwan is a democratic country, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday, adding that if opposition parties really want to fight dictatorship, they should fight it on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) held a protest with the theme “against green communists and dictatorship,” and was joined by the Taiwan People’s Party. Lai said the opposition parties are against what they called the “green communists,” but do not fight against the “Chinese communists,” adding that if they really want to fight dictatorship, they should go to the right place and face
A 79-year-old woman died today after being struck by a train at a level crossing in Taoyuan, police said. The woman, identified by her surname Wang (王), crossed the tracks even though the barriers were down in Jhongli District’s (中壢) Neili (內壢) area, the Taoyuan Branch of the Railway Police Bureau said. Surveillance footage showed that the railway barriers were lowered when Wang entered the crossing, but why she ventured onto the track remains under investigation, the police said. Police said they received a report of an incident at 6:41am involving local train No. 2133 that was heading from Keelung to Chiayi City. Investigators
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