Fighting erupts again in Taiwan parliament over disputed nomination for government watchdog post

By : South China Morning Post

Published On: 2020-07-17

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Punches and water balloons were thrown as a scuffle broke out again during a vote in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan on July 17. Opposition party Kuomintang (KMT) protested against the nomination by President Tsai of senior aide Chen Chu to a top government watchdog post. The voting went ahead despite the protests and the nomination was passed.

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