KMT

In Response to Food Oil Scandal, Chiang Wan-an Calls for Expediting Legislative Elections

The KMT rallied for food safety last weekend, lashing out at the Lai administration over a food oil safety scandal after accusations of cooking oil adulteration by Central Oil Corporation. This would be hitting out at a familiar political issue in Taiwan, one that routinely leads to scandals every decade or so. Indeed, the previous major food scandal affected Ting Hsin and was leveraged to attack the then-ruling Ma administration by the DPP. One notes that food safety scandals can be reliably counted on to galvanize rage in Taiwanese politics...

Ma Wen-chun Again Accused of Leaking Confidential Details About Taiwanese Military

According to the Ministry of National Defense, KMT legislator Ma Wen-chun, the co-chair of the defense committee in the legislature, had scuppered Taiwan’s plans to acquire explosive material RDX through purchase from India by exporting it through the Home-Max Furniture Trading Company. This is not the first time that Ma has been accused of leaking confidential details about the Taiwanese military...