Taiwan’s local government elections felt more like a presidential campaign as supporters braved the rain for a greater say in the island democracy’s fragile future.
Taipei, Oct. 20 (CNA) Taipei police said they had begun an investigation into the wounding of four people shot by a suspected gang member who took his own life during a hostage standoff with police in the city's Wanhua District on Wednesday night.
The Taiwan Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s sentencing of former legislative aide Chen Wei-jen (陳惟仁) to 10 months in prison for national security offenses by developing a spy network for China, court documents released on Wednesday said.
The Supreme Court’s decision is final.
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office in August 2020 indicted Chen along with another two former legislative aides Lin Yung-ta (林雍達) and Lee Yi-hsien (李易諴) for spying and organizing espionage networks in Taiwan to obtain classified materials for China from 2012 to 2016, in contravention of the National Security Act (國家安全法).
Prosecutors dropped the case against Lee
Taipei, Feb. 16 (CNA) The Taiwan Supreme Court has upheld a decision by a lower court sentencing former legislative aide Chen Wei-jen (陳惟仁) to 10 months imprisonment for national security offenses by developing a spy network for China, according to court documents released Wednesday.