Taipei, Dec. 12 (CNA) Taipei mayor-elect Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) on Monday released a list of personnel to serve in his administration, including Wang Yu-fen (王玉芬), who will be the first woman to head the capital city's Department of Urban Development.
The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan and academics yesterday said the shooting at a church in Laguna Woods, California, on Sunday involving Taiwanese-Americans was a hate crime, and called for an investigation into links between the suspect and pro-China groups in Taiwan and the US.
The shooting is related to hate speech disseminated by pro-China groups, so the government must act to prevent them from taking advantage of the nation’s democratic system and freedom of speech to incite hostility and violence, Presbyterian Church in Taiwan officials told a news conference at the Che-Lam Presbyterian Church (濟南教會) in Taipei yesterday.
“Taiwan’s national identity conflict
ACT NOW: The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan and academics called for probes into pro-China organizations, as the suspect belonged to a US branch of a pro-unification groupBy Jason Pan / Staff reporter
American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Sandra Oudkirk yesterday expressed condolences on behalf of the US government over a shooting at a Taiwanese church in California that killed one and injured five people one of many messages of support and condemnation since the incident on Sunday.
Oudkirk called Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮) with the message, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, while also posting a statement on the AIT’s Facebook page.
In the post, Oudkirk wrote that she would like to express “our heart-felt condolences to all of the victims and their families of the shooting that took
‘SAVED MANY’: The office commends the heroism and bravery exhibited by the churchgoers, and wishes peace and comfort for those affected, Sandra Oudkirk saidBy Kayleigh Madjar / Staff writer, with CNA