DPP presidential candidate William Lai has hit out at Lu Shiow-yen’s mayoral administration in Taichung over the Blue Line of the Taichung MRT. Lai alleged that the stops along the line were adjusted in order to please “powerful people'' in Taichung. This has, in turn, been denied by the Lu administration...
Former Taichung legislator Yen Kuan-heng, who is seeking to run as the KMT’s candidate in 2024 once again, was released on bail earlier this week after he and his wife, Chen Li-ling, were taken in for questioning by prosecutors. Yen was released on 10 million NT bail, while Chen was released on 5 million NT bail...
The KMT has increasingly come under scrutiny for corruption as of late. This is particularly the case, given that its candidate in the Taichung by-election to fill the seat formerly occupied by Chen Po-wei of the Taiwan Statebuilding Party was Yen Kuan-heng...
A new resolution passed by the KMT’s Central Standing Committee earlier this month provides an amnesty period, allowing for members that left or were kicked out of the KMT to rejoin before February 17th. This move is part of an initiative by recently elected chair Eric Chu to open the door for old members that have since left the party...