Taiwan’s former president Chen Shui-bian calls for island to vote on whether it wants to be part of China

Disgraced former leader’s comments were reported in Japanese newspaper but could have violated parole conditions

South China Morning Post
Date: 05 September, 2018
By: Lawrence Chung

Taiwan’s disgraced former president Chen Shui-bian has called for a referendum on whether the self-ruled island wants to be a part of China.

Chen, whose comments were reported in a Japanese newspaper, also said that present leader Tsai Ing-wen, should not expect too much from US President Donald Trump, who is treating the island as a pawn.

Chen was taking part in what was described as a “talk” with Taiwanese residents of Japan in the presence of a reporter from Sankei newspaper.

However, the remarks – made in the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung – may have been a violation of the parole conditions under which he was released early from a 19-year jail sentence for corruption on medical grounds.    [FULL  STORY]