‘RED GHOST’:Protesters met Lien Chan on his return from attending China’s military parade, including one who tried to throw a shoe at him
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 05, 2015
By: Alison Hsiao / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) yesterday said that
Taiwan Solidarity Union youth director Chang Chao-lin, center, holds up a banner during a protest at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday against former vice president Lien Chan’s attendance at the Chinese military parade upon Lien’s return to Taiwan yesterday. Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times
former vice president Lien Chan’s (連戰) attendance at a Chinese military parade would be referred to the party’s disciplinary committee “for discussion.”
Responding to some KMT members’ call for disciplinary actions against Lien, who attended the military parade marking the end of World War II in Beijing on Thursday against the party’s wishes, Chu reiterated that the party was committed to upholding the truth about the Republic of China government’s role in the war and had instructed party officials not to attend the parade.
“As for some [retired] senior party officials and individual party members [who attended the parade], there are differing opinions within the party [about the issue]. Since the KMT is a democratic party, we will, in line with these opinions, have their cases referred to relevant units, such as the party’s Evaluation and Discipline Committee or the Central Standing Committee, for discussion,” Chu said. [FULL STORY]
