Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News.
**Tai-Ex opening **
The Tai-Ex opened down 15-points this morning from yesterday's close, at
12,931 on turnover of $1.9-billion NT.
The Tai-Ex followed other regional markets and lost ground on Thursday, after
Wall Street fell, reversing course after two days of gains.
**CEC Defends Voting Ban on People in Coronavirus Quarantine **
The Central Election Commission is defending its decision not to allow people
with the coronavirus and their close contacts from casting ballots in next
month's local elections.
Speaking at a legislative hearing, commission chairman Lee Jin-yong said the
bans are not unconstitutional, as restrictions on the movement of positive
cases and their contacts are in accordance with the Communicable Disease
Control Act.
According to Lee, the Council of Grand Justices has previously ruled that
such restrictions do not violate the Constitution.
The statements comes as lawmakers have been debating whether the ban
infringes (侵權) on voter's rights and contravenes Article 23 of the
Constitution on protecting individual's rights and freedoms.
**US Military Has Proof of Iranian Forces in Crimea **
The U.S. military says it has proof that Iranian forces are on the ground in
Crimea, supporting the Russian military attacks against Ukrainian targets.
AP correspondent Jackie Quinn reports.
**Chad Protesters Clash With Security Forces **
Chadian security forces have opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in
the country’s two largest cities killing at least 60 people.
Authorities imposed a curfew after Thursday’s violence, which came amid
protests in the central African nation against interim leader Mahamat Idriss
Deby’s two-year extension of power.
France, the African Union and others swiftly condemned (譴責) the security
crackdown on the demonstrators.
A Chadian government spokesperson says 30 people were dead in the capital.
Organizers of the march, though, placed the toll higher, at 40, with many
wounded by bullets as well.
There was no independent corroboration of the figures given by the two sides..
Another 32 protesters were killed in Chad’s second-largest city, Moundou,
according to an official in the city’s morgue.
**WHO Investigating Complaints Against Syrian Office **
Staffers at the World Health Organization’s Syrian office have alleged that
their boss mismanaged millions of dollars, plied government officials with
gifts, and acted frivolously as COVID-19 swept the country.
More than 100 confidential documents, messages and other materials obtained
by The Associated Press show WHO officials told investigators that the
agency’s Syria representative engaged in abusive behavior, and consistently
(一貫的) misspent taxpayer funds.
Some of the allegations include the representative throwing a party that cost
more than $10-thousand US dollars of WHO funds, mostly to honor her own
achievements, as well as hiring underqualified relatives of government
officials, and meeting with Russian military officials, which would violate
the W-H-O's neutrality as a UN organization.
Complaints from at least a dozen personnel have triggered one of the biggest
internal WHO probes in years, at times involving more than 20 investigators.
That was the I.C.R.T. news,
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