http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2011/05/31/2003504581
In addition, ¡§¡§Since the plasticizer scandal, requests by prosecutors to detain three people ¡X one from Yu Shen and two from Pin Han Perfumery Co ( »«º~»®Æ¤½¥q ) ¡X have been approved. Another person has been released on bail, but will be banned from leaving the country,¡¨ Lin said.
QUESTIONS: Do you recall anyone from Citibank, AIG, et. al being arrested in the USA for crimes against consumers? Do you recall having seen assets of firm presidents, CEOs, et.al having their assets frozen? What happened to the rule of law in the USA?
Taiwan will certainly not execute corporate malfeasance as has occurred at time sin China, but as this is an election year, I imagine that leaders throughout Taiwan will expect more clean up of society in 2011. Democratic Progressive Party, i.e. the opposition, will see to that.
Yesterday, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Tien Chiu-chin ( ¥Ð¬îÔ» ) said ¡§Our environment is filled with those chemicals, which permeate our food, drinks, dietary supplements and even medicine and cosmetics. ¡¨ Earlier in the day, Vice Premier Sean Chen ( ³¯¨R ) and health officials vowed to adopt stricter regulations to manage the use of clouding agents in consumer products as the food scare that has beset the nation in the past week continues to escalate.
Invited to a meeting of the legislature¡¦s Social Welfare and Environmental Hygiene Committee, Chen and Department of Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta ( ªô¤å¹F ) were pressed by legislators to adopt stricter measures to prohibit or limit the use of DEHP, and other industrial-use clouding agents in consumer goods.
THOUGHT: Contrast this democratic practice with politics and govenrance in the USA in 2011¡Xi.e. with the majority of Republicans going after the elimination of the EPA and the watering down of all kinds of environmental and FDA regulations.
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