Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) members are “following the same playbook” and “singing the same tune” as the Chinese government as the party pushes for Taiwan to procure Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said yesterday.
“In the past few days, KMT politicians and auxiliary groups have used terms and descriptions found in leaked instructions to refer to vaccines from China as German-made Pfizer products and downplay the fact that they were produced in China,” DPP spokeswoman Hsieh Pei-fen (謝佩芬) said in a news release.
It is clear that the KMT is instructing its cyberarmy and supporters to conceal the real
2021/03/11 12:43 18 marijuana plants found growing in apartment in 2020. 18 marijuana plants found growing in apartment in 2020. (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Cabinet is proposing lowering the prison sentence for growing marijuana for personal use. The Cabinet is set to discuss on Thursday (March 11) amending the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) to reduce both the sentence and fine for those caught growing cannabis for their own use. Minister Without Portfolio Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) has devised a draft amendment and will present it to the Cabinet that day. In 2017, Tainan resident Huang Hsien-chang (黃獻璋), was convicted for growing six potted marijuana plants in his home. He was handed a sentence of five years, but he challenged the ruling on the grounds that the punishment was too harsh since he had only been growing them for personal consumption.
Penalties for growing pot for personal use to be reduced
LEGAL AMENDMENT: The Executive Yuan took action after the Council of Grand Justices ruled that penalties for growing cannabis for personal use were too severe
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The Executive Yuan is to propose an amendment to the Narcotics Hazard Prevention Act (毒品危害防制條例) to reduce penalties for people caught growing cannabis plants for personal consumption, officials said.
The announcement came as a group that supports the decriminalization of cannabis said it would hold a rally on April 17 to demand “equal rights.”
Minister Without Portfolio Lo Ping-cheng (羅秉成) has completed a draft amendment and would present it to the Cabinet for review today, Executive Yuan officials said.
New MAC minister eyes end to impasse
‘BE MORE PRACTICAL’: Beijing’s insistence on the ‘1992 consensus’ and ‘one China’ as the basis for exchanges is detrimental to cross-strait relations, Chiu Tai-san said
Staff writer, with CNA
New Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chiu Tai-san (邱太三) yesterday at his swearing-in ceremony pledged to do his best to break the cross-Taiwan Strait impasse without sacrificing the nation’s sovereignty, but offered no specifics on how he planned to achieve it.
Former National Security Council adviser Chiu said in his address that Taiwanese and Chinese are anxiously hoping that they can resume normal exchanges once the COVID-19 pandemic is properly contained, pledging to do his best to meet the public’s expectations to end the cross-strait standoff and improve ties, while upholding Taiwan’s sovereignty and democratic system.