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Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) The New Power Party (NPP), the smallest of four political parties with seats in the Legislature, is facing serious internal dissent and a threat to its future survival after losing seats in Saturday's local government elections around Taiwan.
CONTROVERSIAL: Sentences of up to nearly nine years are likely to be appealed, as homicide rather than negligence was more apparent, prosecutors and families saidBy Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Taipei, March 31 (CNA) The relatives of the 49 people who died last year in a train crash in eastern Taiwan will receive a total NT$150 million (US$5.24 million) in damages, Transportation Minister Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) confirmed Thursday.
The Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) is to pay NT$150 million (US$5.24 million) to families of people who died in the derailment of a Taroko Express train on April 2 last year, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications said yesterday. Chen Meng-hsiu (陳孟秀), an attorney who represents victims’ families, yesterday wrote on Facebook that Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) had agreed to pay NT$150.043 million to relatives of the deceased. “Money does not mean much to families. What they care about is that the TRA is punished. This is the meaning of the restitution,” she said, adding that it would
Taipei, Feb. 11 (CNA) Transportation Minister Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) on Friday reaffirmed the government's commitment to reform Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) a day after Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) met with family members of passengers killed in a TRA train crash last year.
Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) yesterday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to reforming the Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA), one day after Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) met with family members of people killed in a Taroko Express train crash in Hualien County in April last year. Wang said that safety and organizational improvements are being implemented, following the incident in which a train hit a crane truck that had fallen from a construction site onto the tracks near the Cingshuei Tunnel (清水隧道). The crash, which left 49 people dead and more than 200 injured, led to renewed calls for the TRA
The New Power Party (NPP) caucus has proposed an amendment to the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act (兒童及少年性剝削防制條例) to toughen criminal penalties for those who distribute pornographic images of minors, NPP Legislator Claire Wang (王婉諭) said yesterday. The caucus proposed the bill after the police on Thursday cracked down on two large voyeuristic Web sites in Taiwan that reportedly made NT$30 million (US$1.09 million) by distributing non-consensual pornographic images of 287 adults and underage girls. One of the 15 people arrested was a man surnamed Chang (張), 28, who had been sentenced by the Taipei District Court in
Parents of American killed in Hualien train crash to take legal action 05/03/2021 05:02 PM CNA file photo Taipei, May 3 (CNA) The parents of an American national killed in a train accident in Hualien last month on Monday called on the Taiwan Railway Administration (TRA) to take legal responsibility for the tragedy that saw 49 deaths and nearly 200 injuries in order to ensure passenger safety and prevent such tragedies from happening again. In an open letter read by their lawyer in Taipei, the parents of Senead Short, a 24-year-old English teacher killed in the April 2 incident, said they appreciate the up to NT$30 million (US$1.06 million) compensation promised to the families of victims of the incident.