By Jason Pan / Staff reporterMore than 1,200 suspects have been arrested in the latest crackdown on gangsters and criminal activities, the National Police Agency （NPA） said yesterday.
A former Taichung official this week said that Yen Kuan-heng (顏寬恒), who is the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) candidate for a Jan. 9 by-election for Taichung’s second electoral district, illegally built part of a house protected land.
Yen is running against Lin Ching-yi (林靜儀) of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to fill the seat of Chen Po-wei (陳柏惟) of the Taiwan Statebuilding Party, who was recalled on Oct. 23.
Former Taichung Information Bureau director-general Cho Kuan-ting (卓冠廷) on Thursday said that Yen illegally built a luxury mansion partly on public land designated as protected in the city’s Longjing District (龍井).
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Veterinarians yesterday rallied to support Taiwan Statebuilding Party Legislator Chen Po-wei (陳柏惟), who is fighting to beat a recall vote against him and calling for people to join a march through his Taichung constituency.
At an event for inoculating pet dogs in the city’s Wurih District (烏日), the Taichung City Veterinary Medical Association and Taiwan Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA) urged residents to vote against recalling Chen on Saturday next week.
Chen also announced a plan to march to gather support through Shalu (沙鹿), Longjing (龍井), Dadu (大肚), Wurih and Wufong (霧峰) districts.
“Over the next 10 days, we will march daily for 10
Taiwan Statebuilding Party Legislator Chen Po-wei’s (陳柏惟) bid to avoid being recalled yesterday received a boost from medical professionals led by former Democratic Progressive Party legislator Lin Ching-yi (林靜儀).
“We have collected more than 100 signatures from medical professionals who endorse Chen,” said Lin, a gynecologist.
“Most of them are based in Taichung or central Taiwan, while some are from other regions,” she said.
The vote to recall Chen from his constituency Taichung’s second electoral district is to be held on Oct. 23.
People at yesterday’s event in the city’s Wurih District (烏日) held signs with slogans such as: “We oppose the