Taipei, June 8 (CNA) The Taipei High Administrative Court published a ruling on Wednesday granting a man's request on privacy grounds to have the names of his parents and spouse removed from his national identity card.
A Taipei man can have the names of his parents and spouse removed from his national identification (ID) card, as the Taipei High Administrative Court yesterday granted his request on privacy concerns.
The man, surnamed Chen (陳), last year applied at the household registration office in Taipei’s Wenshan District (文山) for a new ID card, requesting that it not show any personal information besides his name and ID number.
After the office denied the request, citing Ministry of the Interior regulations, Chen filed an administrative lawsuit seeking to have the decision overturned.
The court ruled partly in favor of Chen, saying that
/ Staff writer, with CNAA Taipei man can have the names of his parents and spouse removed from his national identification （ID） card, as the Taipei High Administrative Court yesterday granted his request on privacy concerns.
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Indigenous Puyuma singer and activist Panai stares solemnly at a spot of dry, beige grass where her home in Taipei’s 228 Memorial Park used to be.
On March 13, the Taipei City police announced they would tear down her encampment after almost two years of legal battles, in which the Taipei High Administrative Court ruled that Panai did not have the right to camp in the park as a form of protest. The task was completed the next day.
Panai, as well as her Bunun artist and activist husband Nabu, spent the next few nights sleeping on park benches. Since