DIPLOMACY
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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Shen Lyu-shun (沈呂巡) has been appointed as the country’s representative to the UK, Foreign Minister Timothy Yang (楊進添) confirmed yesterday. President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) recently appointed National Security Bureau adviser Tung Kuo-yu (董國猷) to replace Shen and transferred Katherine Chang (張小月) from the UK to Australia. The ministry appointed Agnes Chen (陳華玉), deputy director-general of the Bureau of Consular Affairs, as representative to Greece; Chang Ming (張明), who previously served as deputy representative to Nigeria, as representative to Fiji; Raymond Wang (王樂生) as representative to the Philippines; and Michael Hsu (徐佩勇) as representative to South Africa.
CRIME
Vietnam detains three
A press report said police in central Vietnam have detained three Taiwanese, 20 Chinese and a Vietnamese for suspected involvement in a swindling case. The Tuoi Tre newspaper said the suspects were detained when police raided a hotel in the resort city of Nha Trang. They were accused of impersonating Chinese law enforcement officials in Internet phone calls to suspected offenders in China and coercing them to transfer money to their bank accounts.
EMPLOYMENT
Hiring Web site to launch
The government will launch a Web site in January to allow employers to hire foreign workers directly online. It will save employers and foreign workers money since they will not have to go through human resource agencies, the Council of Labor Affairs said. It can take up to four months to hire a foreign worker through an agency, but the online service could shorten that time to about a month.
UPGRADE: The Kang Ding-class frigate is replacing its Chaparall missiles with Tien Chien II and Hua Yang VLS, which would provide it with long-range, 360° air defense Taiwan plans to produce 1,200 to 1,376 Hai Chien II missiles (海劍二, Sea Sword II) — also known as TC-2N — to serve as the standard air defense system of the navy’s surface combatant fleet, a source said yesterday. Last week, the Hai Chien II, the naval version of the Tien Kung II missile (天劍二, Sky Sword II), completed a live-fire test in waters off the National Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology’s Jiupeng facility (九鵬) in Pingtung County’s Manjhou Township (滿州). The MIM72 Chaparral and other dated air defense missiles that currently arm Taiwanese ships have inadequate range to combat Chinese
REASONS FOR TRAVEL: An assistant professor said that proposed amendments to penalize drivers if they used drugs overseas would not deter people from traveling People who operate a motor vehicle under the influence of marijuana would have their driver’s license revoked, even if they used the substance while overseas, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday, citing proposed amendments to the Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act (道路交通管理處罰條例). The amendments would also authorize the government to revoke the licenses of people determined to have used Category 1 or Category 2 narcotics, even if they were not operating a vehicle while under the influence of drugs, as well as ban them from taking the license test for three years, the ministry said. People aged 18 or
Johanne Liou (劉喬安), a Taiwanese woman who shot to unwanted fame during the Sunflower movement protests in 2014, returned to Taiwan last night after being deported from the US. She is to stand trial in Taiwan for charges involving embezzlement, fraud and drug crimes. The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said it took her into custody at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport and would first question her before transferring her to the New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office. She was arrested upon disembarking a flight from San Francisco that landed shortly before 7pm. Liou absconded to the US in 2019 after jumping bail
Shih Hsin University President Chen Ching-he (陳清河) yesterday issued a public apology for comments made in his commencement speech last week, stating that he has asked the school to suspend his duties and halt his wages for two months as a show of contrition. At the commencement ceremony on May 30, Chen said, “If you don’t manage your time well, or your own emotions, or your health, then I am telling every one of you — put a quick end to ‘you,’ because the world has no need for ‘you.’” The comments have sparked significant controversy online, and Chen through an open
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