CRIME
Stabbing suspect detained
The Taipei District Court late on Tuesday ordered that Chang Yen-wen (張彥文), suspected of killing his girlfriend on Monday morning, be detained and held incommunicado. The 29-year-old Chang, an auditor with an accounting firm, is accused of killing his 22-year-old ex-girlfriend surnamed Lin (林) by stabbing her 41 times with a kitchen knife, on a street in Taipei’s Songshang District (松山) after she insisted on breaking up with him. Forensic examiners said Lin’s neck was almost severed from her body. Police previously said Chang admitted to stabbing Lin and expressed remorse and willingness to face the legal consequences. Police are investigating the case as possible premeditated murder, saying that Chang reportedly made inquiries online about different knives and went to a supermarket to buy a kitchen knife before going to see Lin.
SOCIETY
Rescued fisherman arrives
A fisherman from the Philippines who was rescued by Coast Guard Administration personnel earlier this month arrived in Greater Kaohsiung on Monday. A coast guard supply ship found Edralin Sabilisima drifting in his powerless boat about 635 nautical miles (1,176km) south of Greater Kaohsiung, coast guard officials said. Sabilisima, aged between 30 and 40, was dehydrated and had not eaten for three days when found. He told his rescuers that he had been adrift for nine days, surviving on fish and rainfall. The ship, which was bound for Itu Aba (Taiping Island, 太平島) in the Spratly Islands (Nansha Islands, 南沙群島), took him to Itu Aba, where he was treated by a doctor on Sept. 16, the officials said. Sabilisima said he comes from the Babuyan Islands, a group of islands to the north of Luzon. He has been put in contact with the Manila Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has fined Taobao NT$1.2 million (US$36,900) for advertisements that exceeded its approved business scope and ordered the Chinese e-commerce platform to make corrections in the first half of this year or its license would be revoked. Lawmakers have called for stricter supervision of Chinese e-commerce platforms and more stringent measures to prevent China from laundering its goods through Taiwan as US President Donald Trump’s administration cracks down on origin laundering. The legislature’s Finance Committee yesterday met to discuss policies to prevent China from dumping goods in Taiwan, inviting government agencies to report on the matter. Democratic Progressive Party
Taiwan and its Pacific ally Tuvalu on Tuesday signed two accords aimed at facilitating bilateral cooperation on labor affairs, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). The governments inked two agreements in Taipei, witnessed by Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) and visiting Deputy Tuvaluan Prime Minister Panapasi Nelesone, MOFA said in a news release. According to MOFA, the agreements will facilitate cooperation on labor issues and allow the two sides to mutually recognize seafarers’ certificates and related training. Taiwan would also continue to collaborate with Tuvalu across various fields to promote economic prosperity as well as the well-being of their
Taiwan would welcome the return of Honduras as a diplomatic ally if its next president decides to make such a move, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday. “Of course, we would welcome Honduras if they want to restore diplomatic ties with Taiwan after their elections,” Lin said at a meeting of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, when asked to comment on statements made by two of the three Honduran presidential candidates during the presidential campaign in the Central American country. Taiwan is paying close attention to the region as a whole in the wake of a
NEW WORLD: Taiwan is pursuing innovative approaches to international relations through economics, trade and values-based diplomacy, the foreign minister said Taiwan would implement a “three-chain strategy” that promotes democratic values in response to US tariffs, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said. Taiwan would aim to create a “global democratic value chain,” seek to capitalize on its position within the first island chain and promote a “non-red supply chain,” Lin was quoted as saying in the ministry’s written report to the Legislative Yuan submitted ahead of the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee meeting slated for today. The Ministry would also uphold a spirit of mutual beneficial collaboration, maintaining close communication and consultations with Washington to show that Taiwan-US cooperation