tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post6958730351106677026..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Two More DPP Politicians IndictedMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-85362078365074409972009-07-10T00:22:10.652+08:002009-07-10T00:22:10.652+08:00So, 7:51 AM / 9:14 AM anonymous, what that means i...So, 7:51 AM / 9:14 AM anonymous, what that means is that no one actually "came for the <a title="KMT = Kuomintang, or 'Killed Many Taiwanese'" rel="nofollow">KMT</a>."<br /><br /><a href="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" title="Taiwan Matters!" rel="nofollow">Tim Maddog</a>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-72169561525101815592009-07-09T09:14:11.366+08:002009-07-09T09:14:11.366+08:00Did Chang Sho-wen go to jail? No, he didn't.
...<i>Did Chang Sho-wen go to jail? No, he didn't.</i><br /><br />It was a civil case, so of course he didn't go to jail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-17220759922241856162009-07-06T22:51:46.791+08:002009-07-06T22:51:46.791+08:00Did Chang Sho-wen go to jail? No, he didn't.
...Did Chang Sho-wen go to jail? No, he didn't.<br /><br />And what was his punishment? According to the article linked above (<a href="http://74.125.153.132/search?hl=en&q=cache%3Awww.etaiwannews.com%2Fetn%2Fnews_content.php%3Fid%3D990558%26lang%3Deng_news%26cate_img%3D83.jpg%26cate_rss%3Dnews_Politics_TAIWAN+%22could+be+forced+to+pay+back%22+%22the+estimated+NT%2413+million+in+wages%22+%22he+had+received+since+taking+office+last+year%22&btnG=Google+Search" title="Boo-hoo-''Taiwan KMT lawmaker forced out over vote buying''" rel="nofollow">link to Google cache of the article</a>):<br />- - -<br /><i>The lawmaker could be <b>forced to pay back</b> the estimated NT$13 million in wages he had received since taking office last year, reports said.</i><br>- - -<br /><br />In other words, he made the Chinese Nationalist Party (<a title="KMT = Kuomintang, or 'Killed Many Taiwanese'" rel="nofollow">KMT</a>) look bad too close to the next election.<br /><br />If 7:51 AM anonymous had a brain, his/her head would have just exploded.<br /><br /><a href="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" title="Taiwan Matters!" rel="nofollow">Tim Maddog</a>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-75203133515072036322009-07-05T07:51:06.709+08:002009-07-05T07:51:06.709+08:00@TimmnaddogFirst they came for the DPP
and then t...@Timmnaddog<i>First they came for the DPP</i><br /><br />and then they came for the <a href="http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=990558&lang=eng_news&cate_img=83.jpg&cate_rss=news_Politics_TAIWAN" rel="nofollow">KMT</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-5240833433856352642009-07-05T06:24:17.474+08:002009-07-05T06:24:17.474+08:00FOARP
I think the issue isn't Chen's guil...FOARP<br /><br />I think the issue isn't Chen's guilt or innocence. The issue is the pattern of prosecution. The prosecutors are only going after the DPP. There are several members of the KMT standing committee who have participated in countless acts of bribery, accepting kick backs, bid rigging... all forms of self-enrichment at the expense of the public... and these acts go back and have continued for decades... yet they do not face investigation or prosecution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-70897375662429369992009-07-04T19:41:29.224+08:002009-07-04T19:41:29.224+08:00@Tim - Dude. Chen Shuibian is, barring some surpri...@Tim - Dude. Chen Shuibian is, barring some surprise evidence from out of nowhere, almost certainly guilty. Accept it, his children have.Gilman Grundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06607416440240634159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-24799973701280742392009-07-04T11:56:10.106+08:002009-07-04T11:56:10.106+08:00Isn't this how the ruling party of Singapore c...Isn't this how the ruling party of Singapore consolidates its power--through discrediting lawsuits and defamation? Is it really all that surprising?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-18740294481048688482009-07-03T23:52:32.994+08:002009-07-03T23:52:32.994+08:00Given how much real corruption is going on, it'...Given how much real corruption is going on, it's sad to see prosecutors continuously going after bunk like this. The cases are becoming, "yes you didn't get anything out of it, but it looks like ____ made some money". Building a train station will also make people living around there money. Is that a crime? It is if you took a bribe; but if not, it's really a political question and up to the voters whether they think everyone is getting their fair share of development. Otherwise, let the south start filing perfidy lawsuits against the KMT for 50 years of favoring Taipei. This is getting pretty ridiculous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-1645705953474002322009-07-03T23:41:07.968+08:002009-07-03T23:41:07.968+08:00First they came for the DPP politicians...
How lo...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came" title="a poem ... about the inactivity of German intellectuals following the Nazi rise to power and the purging of their chosen targets, group after group" rel="nofollow">First they came</a> for the <a title="Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party" rel="nofollow">DPP</a> politicians...<br /><br />How long will it take before everybody speaks up?<br /><br />Everybody reading this, if you haven't already done so, go sign <a href="http://i--love--taiwan.blogspot.com/2009/05/demand-immediate-release-of-ex.html" title="'Demand immediate release of former President Chen -- Detention in perpetuity of Chen must end'" rel="nofollow">the petition</a> to demand the immediate release of Chen Shui-bian <b>right now</b>. Then speak up about this whenever you have the chance.<br /><br /><a href="http://taiwanmatters.blogspot.com/" title="Taiwan Matters!" rel="nofollow">Tim Maddog</a>Tim Maddoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16943522529132663780noreply@blogger.com