Taipei prosecutors found that Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Chin Huei-chu (秦慧珠) had allegedly paid NT$80 million (US$2.69 million at the current exchange rate) for information from Chinese informants, while investigating Chin’s fraud lawsuit against socialite Lin Yuan-chun (林爰君), better known as JoJo Lin.
Prosecutors on Tuesday dropped all charges against Lin, who was named along with two other people as defendants, saying that they could not substantiate the fraud allegations.
Lin was reportedly unable to speak after going through a major illness.
Banking records and other evidence showed that Chin and her assistants had from 2007 to 2016 transferred a
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On the surface, there was nothing controversial about Wen Hsia’s (文夏) 1961 song Mama, I’m Brave (媽媽我也真勇健). In fact, the lyrics about a young man missing home during his military service seemed like the morale-boosting tune that the government would favor.
However, the authorities banned it shortly after its release. The ban was lifted in 1991, making Mama, I’m Brave the longest-ever prohibited Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese) song. Wen, who died on April 6 at the age of 93, was a favorite target of the censor, holding
Taichung, April 9 (CNA) The annual procession of the sea goddess Mazu statuette enshrined in Jenn Lann Temple in Taichung's Dajia District began late Friday, with devotees praying for the COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan to subside soon.
An annual procession of the sea goddess Matsu, of whom a statuette is enshrined in Jenn Lann Temple (鎮瀾宮) in Taichung’s Dajia District (大甲), began late on Friday, with devotees praying for Taiwan’s COVID-19 outbreak to subside soon.
The nine-day procession, which takes the statuette on a 340km round trip via Changhua, Yunlin and Chiayi counties, began at 11pm. It is one of the most-watched religious events in Taiwan.
The departure ceremony was hosted by temple chairman Yen Ching-piao (顏清標) and attended by several politicians, including People First Party Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) and Taichung Deputy Mayor Chen Tzu-ching (陳子敬).
Soong, who assisted