Taiwan Assembly Erupts Into Brawl
Associated Press
TAIPEI, Taiwan —
About 40 National Assembly deputies scratched, bit and punched each other and smashed chairs Monday after a voting dispute between governing Nationalist Party and opposition members.
At one point, Nationalist deputy Li Pei-mei wielded her high-heel shoe in a scuffle with opposition deputy Chen Hsiu-hui. No serious injuries were reported.
The brawl erupted after members of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party found Li Cheng-chung, a Nationalist, holding a ballot belonging to an absent Nationalist lawmaker.
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