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schema:articleBody	Taiwanese lawmakers threw punches and water balloons inside the legislature on Friday, the third parliamentary brawl in a fortnight, over the nomination of the head of a top government watchdog. A legislator from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was caught on camera punching an opposition party member during a vote on nominee Chen Chu. Kuomintang (KMT) lawmakers later threw water balloons at the speakers' podium, forcing their DPP colleagues to don plastic raincoats and hold up cardboard shields. The parliament in Taipei was once notorious for mass brawls, and has been the scene of frequent protests. Scuffles broke out over reform policies and pension cuts when President Tsai Ing-wen first took office four years ago. 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 KMT is opposed to her appointment, which requires approval from the DPP-dominated parliament. 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. "We demand a new review and we demand the nominations be withdrawn," KMT chairman Johnny Chiang told supporters gathered outside the Control Yuan building, also in the capital. Chen is a long-time human rights advocate and was jailed for six years when Taiwan was a dictatorship under the KMT. Despite the morning's melee, voting went ahead and Chen's nomination was approved. She has said she will quit the DPP after her nomination is approved, to maintain the impartiality of the position, and accused the opposition of smearing her with unfounded accusations. aw/jta/leg/amj
schema:headline	Punches, water balloons thrown in Taiwan parliament melee
schema:mentions	Kuomintang Tsai Ing-wen Taiwanese people Notorious (2009 film) Human rights President of the United States Chen Chu Control Yuan Johnny Chiang Free area of the Republic of China Democratic Progressive Party Government of the Republic of China Jewish Telegraphic Agency »more»
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