Pan-blue lawmakers leapt to the defense of their PFP colleague, Legislator Diane Lee (
PFP legislative whip Liu Wen-hsiung (
"They [the pan-green camp] should work more on serious political issues and not incite political fighting for no reason. This will only make people feel resentful," Liu said.
Liu said that Lee had been seeking justice for the public by raising the accusations publicly and that her mistake was one "that any lawmaker could have made."
PFP legislative leader Shen Chih-hwei (
KMT legislative leader Tseng Yung-chuan (
"Lee is also a victim," Tseng said. "It is going too far for the pan-green camp to ask Lee to step down."
Tseng said that although Lee had made mistakes in verifying the facts, the key point was that restaurant proprietor Cheng Ko-jung (
"As soon as she found out she was wrong ... she immediately admitted her mistake and apologized to the public and Twu," Tseng said. "This courage should be given credit. She should not step down just because of this."
Lee Chuan-chia (李全教), KMT legislative whip, said that Twu had already had his reputation restored. Twu had "lost nothing," Lee Chuan-chia said, and there was no need for Diane Lee to resign.
Lee Chuan-chia said there is still a senior official involved in the case and "that this should be the focus from now on."
Cheng has now identified Department of Health personnel chief Tu Hau-lin (
Lee, who appeared frequently in all forms of media over the past few days, declined to meet reporters or comment further yesterday.
Her assistant said the legislator was resting.
The National Immigration Agency (NIA) said yesterday that it will revoke the dependent-based residence permit of a Chinese social media influencer who reportedly “openly advocated for [China’s] unification through military force” with Taiwan. The Chinese national, identified by her surname Liu (劉), will have her residence permit revoked in accordance with Article 14 of the “Measures for the permission of family- based residence, long-term residence and settlement of people from the Mainland Area in the Taiwan Area,” the NIA said in a news release. The agency explained it received reports that Liu made “unifying Taiwan through military force” statements on her online
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Taitung County at 1:09pm today, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. The hypocenter was 53km northeast of Taitung County Hall at a depth of 12.5km, CWA data showed. The intensity of the quake, which gauges the actual effect of a seismic event, measured 4 in Taitung County and Hualien County on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale, the data showed. The quake had an intensity of 3 in Nantou County, Chiayi County, Yunlin County, Kaohsiung and Tainan, the data showed. There were no immediate reports of damage following the quake.
Actor Darren Wang (王大陸) is to begin his one-year alternative military service tomorrow amid ongoing legal issues, the Ministry of the Interior said yesterday. Wang, who last month was released on bail of NT$150,000 (US$4,561) as he faces charges of allegedly attempting to evade military service and forging documents, has been ordered to report to Taipei Railway Station at 9am tomorrow, the Alternative Military Service Training and Management Center said. The 33-year-old would join about 1,300 other conscripts in the 263rd cohort of general alternative service for training at the Chenggong Ling camp in Taichung, a center official told reporters. Wang would first
A BETRAYAL? It is none of the ministry’s business if those entertainers love China, but ‘you cannot agree to wipe out your own country,’ the MAC minister said Taiwanese entertainers in China would have their Taiwanese citizenship revoked if they are holding Chinese citizenship, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) said. Several Taiwanese entertainers, including Patty Hou (侯佩岑) and Ouyang Nana (歐陽娜娜), earlier this month on their Weibo (微博) accounts shared a picture saying that Taiwan would be “returned” to China, with tags such as “Taiwan, Province of China” or “Adhere to the ‘one China’ principle.” The MAC would investigate whether those Taiwanese entertainers have Chinese IDs and added that it would revoke their Taiwanese citizenship if they did, Chiu told the Chinese-language Liberty Times (sister paper
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