TAIPEI -- Taiwan's legislature adjourned Tuesday without approving sweeping bills to curtail the power of new President Lai Ching-te, after thousands of protesters gathered outside parliament to oppose the legislation.
Under the proposals from the Kuomintang (KMT) and Taiwan People's Party (TPP), which together command a majority in the Legislative Yuan, government officials could be jailed up to a year for remarks made during parliamentary hearings that legislators deem to conceal facts or to be false.
