The nationalization of Taiwan’s 17 irrigation associations under the Agency of Irrigation in July 2020 did not contravene the Constitution, the Constitutional Court ruled yesterday.
The move did not contravene the principle of legal clarity, nor people’s freedom of association, guaranteed by Article 14 of the Constitution, said Judicial Yuan President Hsu Tzong-li (許宗力), who heads the Constitutional Court.
The nationalization process did not infringe on property rights, nor did it violate the non-retroactivity principle or the principle of legitimate expectation, Hsu said.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators said the nationalization of the irrigation associations under the Irrigation Act (農田水利法) was disproportionate and
‘NO BREACHES’: The Cabinet got backing from the Constitutional Court after it said that the former irrigation association system was not based on constitutional rightsBy Wu Cheng-feng, Chang Wen-chuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a two-and-a-half-year prison term for an elderly Taipei man surnamed Chen (陳) in a “compassionate killing” case.
Chen, 79, was convicted in 2020 of suffocating to death his daughter, who had been bedridden since childhood due to cerebral palsy and had severe mental disability.
In court trials, Chen said he and his wife had attended to all details of their daughter’s daily life, including feeding, washing and cleaning after bodily functions, for nearly 50 years. He had been the sole caregiver in recent years after his wife also fell ill.
In February 2020, Chen said his daughter
The Ministry of Justice has become aware of “external forces” paying Internet streamers to make false statements in an attempt to influence November’s nine-in-one elections, Minister of Justice Tsai Ching-hsiang (蔡清祥) said yesterday.
Tsai made the remarks in an interview with the Chinese-language <i>Liberty Times</i> (the <i>Taipei Times</i>’ sister newspaper), the contents of which were aired yesterday.
The ministry is continuing to monitor such behavior and would strive to combat cognitive warfare tactics, he said.
Attempts to influence Taiwanese politics by giving Internet personalities and streamers money and having them spread false information is a new tactic, Tsai said.
“External forces have been known
PAYOLA PROPAGANDA: Using streamers to spread false information is a new tactic, as outside forces often sponsor a particular group through businesspeople, a minister saidBy Wu Cheng-feng and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer