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.
Considering that most countries issue more than five denominations of banknotes, the central bank has decided to redesign all five denominations, the bank said as it prepares for the first major overhaul of the banknotes in more than 24 years. Central bank Governor Yang Chin-lung (楊金龍) is expected to report to the Legislative Yuan today on the bank’s operations and the redesign’s progress. The bank in a report sent to the legislature ahead of today’s meeting said it had commissioned a survey on the public’s preferences. Survey results showed that NT$100 and NT$1,000 banknotes are the most commonly used, while NT$200 and NT$2,000
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) yesterday reported the first case of a new COVID-19 subvariant — BA.3.2 — in a 10-year-old Singaporean girl who had a fever upon arrival in Taiwan and tested positive for the disease. The girl left Taiwan on March 20 and the case did not have a direct impact on the local community, it said. The WHO added the BA.3.2 strain to its list of Variants Under Monitoring in December last year, but this was the first imported case of the COVID-19 variant in Taiwan, CDC Deputy Director-General Lin Ming-cheng (林明誠) said. The girl arrived in Taiwan on
ANNUAL EVENT: Two massive Pokemon balloons are to be set up in Daan Park, with an event zone operating from 10am to 6pm This year’s Taipei Floral Picnic is to be held at Daan Park today and tomorrow, featuring an exclusive Pokemon Go event, a themed food market, a coffee rave picnic area and stage performances, the Taipei Department of Information and Tourism said yesterday. Two massive Pokemon balloons are to be set up in the park as attractions, with an exclusive event zone operating from 10am to 6pm, it said. Participants who complete designated tasks on-site would have a chance to receive limited-edition souvenirs, it added. People could also try the newly launched game Pokemon Pokopia in the trial area, the department said. Three PokeStops are
South Korea is planning to revise its controversial electronic arrival card, a step Taiwanese officials said prompted them to hold off on planned retaliatory measures, a South Korean media report said yesterday. A Yonhap News Agency report said that the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs is planning to remove the “previous departure place” and “next destination” fields from its e-arrival card system. The plan, reached after interagency consultations, is under review and aims to simplify entry procedures and align the electronic form with the paper version, a South Korean ministry official said. The fields — which appeared only on the electronic form
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