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The government should not change labor pension fund management regulations to allow workers to select their own investment targets, workers’ rights advocates told a news conference in Taipei yesterday. “We urge the Ministry of Labor to maintain its position on the issue and resist lobbying from securities investment firms, which have been coveting this fat cow [labor pension funds] for years,” Taiwan Labor Front secretary-general Son Yu-liam (孫友聯) said, adding that the group is also planning to petition lawmakers to resist the change. At the center of the issue is the state-run L...

Chiu-ling Lin of Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices compares third-party observations in Taiwan and mainland China

The Control Yuan yesterday asked the Judicial Yuan’s Disciplinary Court to retry former Academia Sinica president Wong Chi-huey’s (翁啟惠) case after the court reprimanded Wong for not fully disclosing his assets and failing to recuse himself in a matter that could have led to a conflict of interest. Wong, accused of having made illicit gains by purchasing OBI Pharma stock, was acquitted by the Shilin District Court in December 2018. However, he was impeached by the Disciplinary Court in 2017 for not fully disclosing his assets during an asset report, a decision he has already appealed...

Tony TY Chang of Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices reviews the recent decision of the IPC Court concerning the DABUS patent application

A driving under the influence (DUI) case in Kaohsiung late last month, in which one person was killed and three family members were injured, has once again put the issue at the forefront of public debate in Taiwan. However, the debate is mostly focused on legislative amendments to increase penalties for DUI offenses, such as whether caning should be used as a punishment, increasing sentences or even publicly shaming repeat offenders, for example by releasing mugshots of recidivists. As a medical health professional working in the fields of addiction prevention and treatment, and public health,...