Independent Legislator Freddy Lim (林昶佐) held a final rally last night calling on residents of Taipei’s Wanhua District (萬華) to vote “no” in today’s recall.
Rock band Sorry Youth (拍謝少年), rapper Dwagie (大支) and ballad singer Michael Shih (施文彬) performed outside Longshan Temple (龍山寺) at the rally hosted by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) and Tsai Yi-yu (蔡易餘).
Vice President William Lai (賴清德) told the crowd that Lim is highly rated by civic groups for his legislative performance.
“He works hard in the legislature and for local constituents, but this outstanding legislator is facing a political vendetta by the opposition
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday called for more to be done about revenge porn.
Amendments to the Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act (性侵害犯罪防治法) are needed, so that victims are better protected, more severe punishments can be handed out and intimate videos filmed without consent are deleted, DPP legislators Tsai Yi-yu (蔡易餘), Mark Ho (何志偉), Hsu Chih-chieh (許智傑), Chiang Yung-chang (江永昌) and Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) told a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei.
Kao has accused her then-boyfriend Raphael Lin (林秉樞) of assaulting her on Nov. 11 and locking her up for two days in a hotel room. He allegedly
The Executive Yuan is to speed up legislative work on proposed amendments to the Criminal Code targeting the creators of deepfake and “revenge” porn, Cabinet spokesman Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) said yesterday.
Lo’s remarks came a day after prosecutors questioned a New Taipei City man, Raphael Lin (林秉樞) the former boyfriend of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) over allegations of physical abuse and threats to distribute explicit photos or videos to intimidate women.
The Ministry of Justice last month submitted the proposed amendments to the Executive Yuan and officials are working toward presenting a bill to the
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus yesterday accused the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) of obstructing Taiwan’s bid to join international organizations with its opposition to imports of US pork.
At a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, DPP caucus whip Liu Shyh-fang (劉世芳) presented a collage of newspaper photographs from KMT-organized events over the past couple of years protesting against the import of US pork containing the leanness-enhancing additive ractopamine.
The photographs show KMT lawmakers holding mock-up pigs draped with the US national flag, as well as placards with slogans such as “Refuse US pork” and “Oppose US pork imports.”