EZ News 11/08/23

Good afternoon, I'm _____ with today's episode of EZ News. Tai-Ex opening The Tai-Ex opened marginally higher this morning from yesterday's close, at 16,691 on turnover of 1.7-billion N-T. The market edged higher on Tuesday, bucking a regional downturn. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing helped anchor the broader market throughout the session, while buying towards the end of the trading day moved the main board above the 120-day moving average of 16,679-points. Subject: E*Military Officers Indicted in Corruption Case Return to Table of contents The Shilin District Prosecutors' Office has indicted two Military Intelligence Bureau officers on charges of corruption and document forgery. According to the prosecutors' office, the two fraudulently obtained millions of N-T from the bureau beginning in 2018 by fabricating interactions with a Chinese intelligence operative named "Liang Fan." Prosecutors say the two also forged multiple pieces of information to support their claims about the network they pretended to have created around Liang and his operations. Both suspects have been detained (被拘留) since June and have been charged with violating the Anti-Corruption Act. CDC Reporting Taiwan's First Monkey Pox Death The Centers for Disease Control has confirmed Taiwan's first monkey pox-related death. According to the C-D-C, the patient was a man in his 30s from northern Taiwan, who was also infected with H-I-V. Health authorities say the man sought medical attention for a skin ulcer in August, and returned to see a doctor again in early September after his condition had deteriorated (惡化). Subsequent tests confirmed that he had contracted (感染) the monkey pox. The man was pronounced dead on November 1. The C-D-C designated monkey pox as a Category 2 communicable disease in June of last year. A total of 355 cases have been reported here in Taiwan since then. Elysee Palace to Bring Back Changing of Guard Ceremony The Elysee Palace in Paris, where the president lives and works, has brought back its public changing of the guard ceremony for the first time in 27 years. The presidential office says the formal (正式的) ceremony will take place on the first Tuesday of every month. Rebecca Bundhun reports from Paris. Japan Unification Church to Set Up Compensation Fund The Unification Church’s Japanese branch plans to set aside up to $67 million to cover possible compensation for people seeking damages they say were caused by the group’s manipulative fundraising tactics. The move announced Tuesday was seen as an attempt to allay (緩和) suspicion that the group would try to avoid later payouts by hiding assets overseas while a government-requested dissolution order is pending. The group’s fundraising and recruitment tactics, as well as its cozy ties with Japan's long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party, surfaced in an investigation after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination last year. The accused shooter allegedly was motivated by Abe’s links to the church and blamed it for bankrupting his family. Brazil Neymar Partner's Parents Taken Hostage Thieves entered the home of Brazilian soccer star Neymar’s partner and took her parents hostage early Tuesday morning, Bruna Biancardi, the mother of Neymar's baby girl, wrote on her verified Instagram account. Local media reported that her parents’ home is located in Cotia, a city in Sao Paulo’s metropolitan area, and that one of the three armed robbers, a neighbor of Biancardi’s parents, has been apprehended. Biancardi says “Material things are recovered, the important thing is that everyone is OK and that the people involved are being found”. Neymar also lamented (哀嘆) the attack on his own Instagram account, without providing any details. That was the I.C.R.T. news, Check in again tomorrow for our simplified version of the news, uploaded every day in the afternoon. Enjoy the rest of your day, I'm _____. -- Hosting provided by SoundOn