Taiwan lawmakers brawl over military pension cuts
Taiwan legislators brawled in parliament on Friday over proposed reductions to military veterans’ pensions – part of wider cutbacks that have triggered mass protests.
The clashes came as a draft bill proposed by the cabinet earlier this month was deliberated in parliament for the first time, following a protest by military retirees in February.
But that demonstration ended in tragedy as a former colonel fell while climbing up a wall, and later died in hospital.
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