Punches, water balloons thrown as Taiwan parliament brawls again

The parliament in Taipei was once notorious for mass brawls and frequent protests. FMTNews Taiwan

DPP lawmakers use boards and sheets to block water balloons thrown by KMT legislators.

A legislator from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party was caught on camera punching an opposition party member during a vote on nominee Chen Chu. The parliament in Taipei was once notorious for mass brawls, and has been the scene of frequent protests. Such confrontations had since subsided, but in the last fortnight they have returned with abandon over the decision to nominate Chen, 70, to head the Control Yuan, an investigatory agency that monitors the other branches of government.The party also claimed that 24 out of 27 people nominated for membership of the Control Yuan have close ties with the DPP in the “worst ever” nomination list for the agency.

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