THRAC and TCA present petition for Chen Shui-bian medical parole to TECO Toronto

On October 11, TCA President Edward Chung, THRAC President Michael Stainton, and other leaders of Taiwanese organizations in Toronto, many of whom are also THRAC members, presented two letters of protest to Director General of TECO Toronto, Winston Chen. The two letters call for medical parole for Chen Shui-bian, and protest against the change in the English name of the Overseas compatriots Affairs Commission to "Overseas Chinese ..." . A petition with several hundred signatures calling for medical parole for A-bian was also given to him. Director General Chen promised to faithfully transmit all these to their addressee - ROC President Ma.

Michael Stainton presenting petitions and letter to Ma Ying-jiu asking for medical parole for Chen Shui-bian to Director general of TECO Toronto Chen Wen-Yi on October 11, 2012:

The letters are attached: 1011 呼籲陳前總統保外就醫 v1 Letter to Ma Re OCAC v1

The two videos (below) are Edward Chung and Michael Stainton's exchange with Director General Chen.

http://www.taiwanus.net/news/press/2012/201210122343171637.htm (台灣海外網) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFJ6Hi9OdDA&feature=youtu.be

Appeal to MPs for Former President Chen to get Medical Parole

THRAC and TCA have sent this letter jointly to Members of Parliament who have visited Taiwan. We encourage THRAC members to send their own email to their MP, using the following as a template:

Appeal to MPs for Former President Chen to get Medical Parole

THRAC Executive Meets , Assigns Leadership Roles

The THRAC Executive elected at the March 10 Annual Meeting finally met in person on May 4th.
We divided up the work as follows:

President - Michael Stainton
Vice President & Secretary - Austin Yan
Treasurer - Su Cheng-hsuan (and Taiwan Media Watch)
Membership - N.L.
Webmaster - Nick Chen
Political Relations - Scott Simon

We decided to open a THRAC facebook page, which our webmaster has now set up. Go there and "Like" us! We hope it will be a place members and friends of THRAC can share news and views on our human rights concerns.