Wednesday 6 May 2009

you just need to trust the government

In a report on Saitogate, TT reports:

... deputy minister of foreign affairs, Andrew Hsia (夏立言), on Friday summoned Saito, the representative of the Japanese de facto embassy, to lodge a protest against comments he made at an academic forum in Chiayi County on Friday when he said Taiwan’s status remains “unresolved.”
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ press release said that during the meeting, Saito apologized for his remarks and said his comments were his own opinion and did not represent the view of his government.

... When asked by the Taipei Times for a transcript of the meeting, ministry spokesman Henry Chen (陳銘政) said there was none and that the public “needs to trust the government.”

on the same page we read:

A group of 13 protesters from Hong Kong, Macau and the US yesterday marched to the Presidential Office to demand President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) resignation over what they called his failure to safeguard the Republic of China’s (ROC) sovereignty over the disputed Diaoyutai Islands.

... Chinese Association for Protecting Diaoyutai spokesman James Hu (胡卜凱) said the group’s annual visit to the island chain on Monday night had been undermined by the government after the owner of the ship that was to take them received pressure from government officials.
The ship owner received several visits from government officials who threatened to revoke his fishing license and enforce stricter rules on all fishing companies in Shenao Port (深澳) if he agreed to set sail with the association’s members.

we can trust the government all right, that's just the problem

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