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DPP faces hard truths after defeat

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:04:35 +0800

2012/01/19

By Bruce Jacobs 家博
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has won a dramatic victory. He has used the advantages of incumbency and overcame suggestions from some polls that the election was very close. Part of Ma’s victory came from voters who initially said they would vote for People First Party Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜), but changed their minds at the last minute to ensure Ma’s victory.

Light shed on Taiwanese official’s arrest

KarlMarx — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:42:22 +0800

2011/11/13

Documents from the US Attorney’s Office have shed light on the allegations against Liu Hsien-hsien (劉姍姍), director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) of Kansas City, who was charged in a US federal court with fraud in foreign labor contracting, partly based on testimonies given by her staffers.

‘RESCUE PROJECT’:Claims made in an affidavit say a Kansas City TECO official hired a maid and underpaid, overworked and abused her at her office in the US
By Shih Hsiu-chuan / Staff Reporter

Talks stall with US over arrest of Taiwan official

KarlMarx — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:24:19 +0800

2011/11/13

The government has made little progress in its demands that the US release a high-ranking Taiwanese representative arrested on fraud charges because of a disagreement over the scope of immunity enjoyed by Taiwanese diplomats under bilateral agreements, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) official said yesterday.

By Shih Hsiu-chuan / Staff Reporter

Protest filed in US over official’s arrest

KarlMarx — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 02:46:16 +0800

2011/11/12

The government has “lodged a strong protest” with the US government over the arrest of a Taiwanese official on a charge of violating US federal law and demanded her immediate and unconditional release, Minister of Foreign Affairs Timothy Yang (楊進添) said yesterday.

BAD BEHAVIOR:A Taiwanese official in Kansas City was arrested after allegedly paying her housekeeper less than stated in her contract and for holding the woman’s passport
By Shih Hsiu-chuan / Staff Reporter

Minister of Foreign Affairs Timothy Yang, right, talks during a press conference in Taipei City yesterday.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times

Laid off employees protest JAL

KarlMarx — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:09:59 +0800

2010/11/01

DECEITFUL FIGURESThe disgruntled former workers claim that JAL’s move to replace Taiwanese flight attendants with Japanese was an act of discrimination
Staff Reporter

Former employees of Japan Airlines Corp protest outside Taipei International Airport (Songshan) in Taipei City yesterday as direct flights to Tokyo International Airport began after a 31-year hiatus.
PHOTO: CNA

Firm hiring Chinese, say employees

KarlMarx — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:38:44 +0800

2010/10/20

Employees of Young Fast Optoelectronics Co, Ltd (洋華光電) and a labor union spoke out against the electronics company yesterday, alleging the company had been illegally employing Chinese workers under the guise of professional training.

LABOR:One employee at Young Fast Optoelectronics said a Chinese employee told her they were there to ‘support’ in ‘basic tasks,’ not for professional training

By Vincent Y. Chao and Shelley Huang / Staff Reporters

Firm hiring Chinese, say employees

KarlMarx — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:52:34 +0800

2010/10/20

LABOR:：One employee at Young Fast Optoelectronics said a Chinese employee told her they were there to ‘support’ in ‘basic tasks,’ not for professional training

By Vincent Y. Chao and Shelley Huang / Staff Reporters
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 - Page 2

CLA opposes Young Fast’s China plan

KarlMarx — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:44:26 +0800

2010/07/26

The Council of Labor Affairs (CLA) told the Ministry of Economic Affairs’ Investment Commission that it opposes allowing a leading touch-panel sensor maker facing a series of labor disputes to make capital investments in China.

VIOLATIONS: Because of various ongoing labor disputes, the council said the firm should not be allowed to invest in China to protect the Taiwanese workers’ rights

By Shelley Huang
STAFF REPORTER
Monday, Jul 26, 2010, Page 3

[TCPC] Court commutes Filipina’s death sentence to life term

yauzong — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:25:33 +0800

DIPLOMACY?: Relatives of the victim who the woman was convicted of killing say the court had placated Manila because the Philippines had abolished the death penalty
By Shelley Huang
STAFF REPORTER
Tuesday, May 05, 2009, Page 2

The Taiwan High Court yesterday handed down a life sentence to Nemencia Armia, a Filipino English teacher convicted of murder in 2007.

The high court’s decision overruled a lower court’s death sentence.

Speaking after the hearing, the High Court’s Kaohsiung branch spokesman, Weng Ching-chen (翁慶珍), said the court sentenced Armia to life in prison rather than death because “the killing was a sudden occurrence, and was not premeditated.”

“[Armia] did not carefully plan her crime and did not obtain a large amount of money, so she is not considered to be an extremely evil criminal,” he said.

Armia, 40, was silent during the court hearing. After she was told by an interpreter that her death sentence had been changed to a life sentence, she said “thank you” to the judge, TV reports showed.

The Kaohsiung District Court sentenced Armia to death after she was convicted of stabbing to death her job broker, 48-year-old Chou Mei-yun (邱美雲), in September 2007. She was also charged with robbery and murder.

Chou was a broker who helped foreigners find teaching jobs at private schools in and around the Kaohsiung area.

Prosecutors said Armia met Chou at her residence on Sept. 15. She wanted Chou to lend her some money but Chou refused.

She hit Chou in the face and then took her of her, credit cards and cash.

Because Chou refused to hand over the cards’ PIN numbers, Armia attacked her with a kitchen knife, killing her.

She was caught on closed circuit TV disposing of the broker’s body in a garbage bag. She also withdrew NT$660,000 (US$20,000) from the broker’s bank account using Chou’s ATM card.

Chou’s relatives were angry about the high court’s ruling, vowing to appeal.

“They [the family] think there are diplomatic factors in the change of the ruling because the Philippines has abolished the death penalty, so Manila put pressure on Taiwan to give Armia a lighter sentence,” Kaohsiung City Councilor Chen Mei-chuan (陳玫娟) told reporters.

“They told me they will appeal the ruling,” she said.

Last week, Armia’s family held a news conference in Manila, urging Philippine President Gloria Arroyo to appeal to Taiwan to spare Armia’s life because the Philippines had abolished the death penalty.

“But Chou’s family members claim that Armia committed the crime in Taiwan, so she should be tried under Taiwan’s law,” Chen said.

Last October, the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei appealed to judicial authorities for clemency. MECO Director Antonio Basilio expressed regret over the ruling in a statement and said he hoped the courts would overturn the ruling or reduce the sentence.

ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY DPA

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2009/05/05

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