KMT, DPP suspend privileges of three detained legislatorsBy Lin Liang-sheng, Shih Hsiao-kuang and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) suspended membership privileges for legislators Sufin Siluko (廖國棟) and Chen Chao-ming (陳超明) after they were detained by the Taipei District Court yesterday, KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) announced, while Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) spokesperson Yen Juo-fang (顏若芳) said the party had suspended Legislator Su Chen-ching’s (蘇震清) membership privileges after he was detained in the same corruption probe. The KMT Disciplinary Committee is launching investigations into Sufin and Chen, and the result of those probes would determine if the pair lose their KMT membership, Chiang said. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang, center, attends a celebration to mark International Nurses Day in Taipei yesterday. The decision to take punitive measures if Sufin and Chen were detained had been made on Saturday, he said. All party members should endeavor to refrain from such acts, Chiang said.

Source: Taipei Times August 04, 2020 15:56 UTC