Election-Eve Shooting to Be Investigated
From Times Wire Reports
Taiwan’s opposition-dominated parliament voted again to set up an independent body to investigate the election-eve shooting of President Chen Shui-bian, overturning an objection by the Cabinet.
Lawmakers voted 114 to 0 to reject the Cabinet’s veto and approve formation of a powerful 17-member committee to investigate the attack on Chen, which the opposition says may have been staged to win sympathy votes. He was slightly wounded.
Some parliament members chose not to vote.
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