Torn papers and signs littered the committee chamber’s floor and desks after a 20-minute fracas that saw Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislators throw themselves against a cordon of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers. “How can you bully us like this,” KMT Legislator Alicia Wang (王育敏) shouted, grappling at the arms of several DPP legislators as fellow KMT members yelled for the consideration of a motion to overturn a review conducted on Oct. 5. KMT Legislator Arthur Chen (陳宜民) climbed onto the first row of desks in front of DPP Legislator Wu Yu-chin (吳玉琴), one of the committee co-conveners, and engaged in a tussle with DPP Legislator Chiu Chih-wei (邱志偉) before being pushed off by DPP Legislator Su Chen-ching (蘇震清). “All we demand is that the recordings [of the earlier meeting] be brought forward to correct the minutes,” KMT caucus whip Sufin Siluko (廖國棟) said. She put her decision to a vote, and it was approved 7-0, because no KMT legislator voted during the commotion.

Source: Taipei Times October 27, 2016 16:05 UTC