CHINA-TAIWAN: MS CHEN CHU APPOINTED HEAD OF TAIWAN'S CONTROL YUAN AND NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Ms Chen Chu, former longtime Mayor of Kaohsiung, who shared a prison cell with former Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu for many years after they were arrested December 10, 1979, for their Human Rights Day rally, is to head Taiwan’s Control Yuan and the recently-established National Human Rights Commission. Members of the Control Yuan will assume office on August 1. Establishment of the National Human Rights Commission is described as an important milestone in Taiwan’s progress.
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