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Former legislator Ju Gau-jeng (朱高正) — who cofounded the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and earned the nickname “Rambo” for his combative personality in the legislature — died aged 67 on Friday, former DPP legislator Lin Cheng-chieh (林正杰) said. “Ju Gau-jeng, a warship for democracy, died some time after 7pm,” Lin wrote on Facebook on Friday evening. “In Taiwan’s democracy movement, Ju Gau-jeng made a significant contribution. Rest in peace, comrade.” Ju died of b...

Taiwan in Time: Burning for freedom Democracy and labor activist Chan Yi-hua self-immolated during Deng Nan-jung’s funeral in front of the Presidential Office on May 19, 1989, but his story is often forgotten By Han Cheung / Staff reporter May 17 to May 23 “Who still remembers Chan Yi-hua (詹益樺)?” This question has been asked repeatedly over the decades, usually on the anniversary of Chan’s self-immolation on May 19, 1989 at fellow political activist Deng Nan-jung’s (鄭�...

Notes from central Taiwan: Taiwan’s spent nuclear fuel problem In the first of a two-part interview, Rene Vienet discusses the role he played in the development of the nation’s nuclear power By Michael Turton / Contributing reporter I spent this week chatting online with French film-maker, publisher and historian Rene Vienet, who began his two decades of involvement with Taiwan’s nuclear power program in the late 1970s as the representative for the French nuclear firm Cogema (today know...

Evidence others were in the house with the suspect the night of the murders. detective jeff owens told the court its just a theory based on the number of hostages in the mansion that night. now, after listening to the testimony, the judge in the case found probable cause that darian wendt will stay behind bars. greta? >> paul, thank you ching and the "on the record" legal panel joins us. former homicide detective and criminal defense attorney ted williams and former prosecutor katie phang. ted, ...

Revelations so far no evidence others were in the house with the suspect the night of the murders. detective jeff owens told the court its just a theory based on the number of hostages in the mansion that night. now, after listening to the testimony, the judge in the case found probable cause that darian wendt will stay behind bars. greta? >> paul, thank you ching and the "on the record" legal panel joins us. former homicide detective and criminal defense attorney ted williams and former prosecu...