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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Kao Chia-yu’s (高嘉瑜) lawyer, Li Yung-yu (李永裕), yesterday handed over materials to the New Taipei City District Prosecutors’ Office in a case probing allegations that Kao’s ex-boyfriend Raphael Lin (林秉樞) assaulted her. The materials reportedly include intimate videos and photographs of the couple. Li told reporters that Kao is still fearful of Lin, even after reporting the case to the judiciary, because Lin has intimate photos and videos of her, and has allegedly sent them to his associates. Li said he had gotten hold of the p...

ASTRONOMY <strong>New Year sun map available</strong> The Taipei Astronomical Museum has launched an online map that gives the sunrise times around the world on New Year’s Day. Users only have to select a location to find out the exact time that the sun will rise and set there on Jan. 1, the museum said, adding that the times vary depending on the latitude, longitude and altitude of the areas. In Taiwan, a prime location to view the sunrise on Jan. 1 would be Hualien County’s Ponanshan (柏南山), while Taitung County’s Sansiantai (三仙台) would be the best low-lying area...

Allegations that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) was abused by her boyfriend have exposed the need to improve social support systems for victims of violence, as well as the danger of worshiping someone’s online image. The Chinese-language magazine Mirror Media on Tuesday last week published a series of reports, citing a friend of Kao’s saying she was beaten and detained by her boyfriend, Raphael Lin (林秉樞), in a hotel room for two days two weeks ago. Lin was allegedly jealous about messages from a former boyfriend that Kao had kept on her phone, a...

A former assistant to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) — who has accused her boyfriend Raphael Lin (林秉樞) of domestic abuse — yesterday said that Lin has been asking “influential” friends to make statements claiming his innocence and mislead the investigation. Ma Wen-yu (馬文鈺) made the claim at a news conference in Taipei yesterday, and accused Lin of having a long history of abusing women. Kao’s accusations were first reported by Mirror Media magazine on Tuesday. The magazine said that Lin allegedly assaulted Kao on Nov. 11 and subsequ...

Freedom of speech does not include the right to purposefully inflict harm on victims of domestic abuse while hiding in anonymity, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Mark Ho (何志偉) said yesterday, one day after he had urged the closure of a bulletin board system on which people had accusations against DPP Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜), who is accusing her boyfriend of domestic abuse. Freedom of speech and the diversity of opinions should be protected, and Taiwanese libel laws take this into account by giving special protection to criticism of public figures, Ho said. Howeve...