Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
**Three Taiwanese from Myanmar Human Trafficking Ring Arrested **
The Criminal Investigation Bureau says three people have been detained on
connection with a human trafficking ring in Myanmar.
The three were allegedly involved in organ harvesting and sex trafficking.
They were arrested after it was confirmed they were fugitives and are likely
members of a telecom extortion ring in Myanmar.
The three Taiwanese nationals were detained after they returned home from
Myanmar this past weekend.
One of them was on Taiwan's most wanted list for forgery (偽造罪) and
currency counterfeiting, but police have not indicated that that individual
was involved in human trafficking operations.
**KMT Vice Chair Touts China Trip as 'Helping Taiwanese People' **
K-M-T Vice Chairman Andrew Hsia says his recently concluded 17-day trip to
China was aimed at looking after the needs of Taiwanese people based in the
country.
Speaking after returning to Taiwan, Hsia said used his meetings with Chinese
officials to convey (表達) concerns over Beijing's recent military drills in
areas surrounding Taiwan.
According to Hsia, he told Chinese officials that the military exercises were
of no help to peaceful development, and that the vast majority of people in
Taiwan were uneasy, worried, and dissatisfied with the drills.
Hsia says he also exchanged views with them on job scams in Cambodia,
cross-strait flights, the reopening of the "mini-three links" and rumors of
the termination of the ECFA accords "early harvest" list.
**Army Fires Warning Flares at Chinese Drone in Kinmen **
The army says it has fired warning flares after a Chinese drone after it was
spotted over a small island in Kinmen County.
According to the Kinmen Defense Command, a civilian-operated drone from China
appeared over Lieyu Township and troops responded by firing warning flares
based on standard operating procedures.
Defense officials say troops refrained from takiing more aggressive (挑釁的)
measures, such as shooting the drone down, in order to avoid further
escalating cross-strait tensions.
A clip of the drone's flight was posted on Chinese social media platform
Weibo and shows it flying close to and filming a military lookout post,
including its facilities and soldiers and ship and aircraft identification
charts.
The Ministry of National Defense says it is work on a defensive system
against drones for installation by 2023 in Kinmen and Matsu.
**Serbia opposition, rights groups condemn EuroPride decision **
In Serbia, opposition parties and international rights groups have denounced
(斥責) a decision by the President to cancel next month's LGBTQ EuroPride
events.
President Aleksandar Vucic explained that the Balkan nation could not handle
EuroPride because of a political crisis with Serbia's former breakaway
province of Kosovo, and economic problems amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
Most of the groups say they would ignore the ban announced Saturday by Vucic
and go ahead with the September 12-18 events scheduled in Belgrade.
**NASA moon rocket on track for launch despite lightning hits **
NASA's new moon rocket is expected to launch later today, despite a series of
lightning strikes at the launch pad.
Officials say neither the rocket Artemis 1 nor ground equipment suffered
(受到) any damage.
Five lightning strikes hit the 600-foot towers surrounding the rocket at
Florida's Kennedy Space Center this past weekend.
The 322-foot rocket is the most powerful ever built by NASA.
It plans to send an empty crew capsule into lunar orbit, 50 years after
NASA's Apollo program.
Astronauts could return to the moon in a few years, if this six-week test
flight goes well.
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