The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) illegally obtained land in Taipei that was formerly the site of the Institute of Revolutionary Practice, the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee said yesterday, ordering the party to pay NT$3.2 billion (US$114.95 million) in compensation.
From 1954 to 1974, the KMT-affiliated institute administered the land and building in Wenshan District (文山), which was known as the Chunghsing Estate (中興山莊), the committee said.
The KMT’s income from membership fees from 1953 to June 1980 comprised only 1.83 percent of the institute’s income, while government subsidies made up 85.38 percent, the committee said.
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The Executive Yuan’s “revenge” pornography bill would not do enough to protect victims and lacks provisions for the immediate removal of online content and counseling for victims, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Fan Yun (范雲) said yesterday.
Fan told a news conference outside the Legislative Yuan in Taipei that the Cabinet’s version of a bill targeting creators of deepfake and revenge pornography would amend the Criminal Code, but contains no provisions to protect the privacy of victims or mitigate the damage to their reputations.
She said that her understanding of the legislation was based on statements made on Thursday by Executive Yuan spokesman
The regulator should ease the application process for social welfare benefits for people without a savings account at a state-owned financial institution, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Mark Ho (何志偉) told a news conference at the legislature in Taipei yesterday.
A Taipei resident was left in a vegetative state after a fall at a construction site, but his family’s application for disability benefits was denied because he did not have an account with a post office or state-owned bank, Ho said.
The Financial Supervisory Commission should amend the regulations, which serve no purpose other than to create work for civil servants, he said.
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The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is considering adding climate action and animal rights issues to its policy platform for the first time, as it prepares to debate KMT Chairman Eric Chu’s (朱立倫) proposed policy guidelines during its National Congress on Saturday, a source said.
Chu, who won the KMT chairperson election on Sept. 25, has proposed new policy guidelines that include animal protection and climate action, the source said.
A draft of the guidelines has not yet been publicized, but a party member familiar with it said many of the issues it addresses demonstrate Chu’s commitment to connect the party with society