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The Taipei District Prosecutors Office on Friday indicted four retired servicemen, including three former members of a unit responsible for security around the Presidential Office building, on suspicion of spying for China.

Prosecutors have launched an investigation into a case involving the death of a cryptocurrency analyst on Wednesday following a pileup on Freeway No. 1 in Hsinchu County.

A female passenger was hit by an arriving Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) train after falling onto the tracks at Zuoying Station in Kaohsiung on Friday, and was later pronounced dead, according to local railway police.

The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Friday are as follows:

Free guided tours of the rebuilt Taiwan Railway Corp. (TRC) Kaohsiung Main Station will be provided to members of the public on Dec. 28-29, to celebrate the completion of work by the end of the year, according to the Railway Bureau under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.

A former civil engineering professor has been sentenced to two years in jail for forgery after he was found to have lied about sending qualified personnel to conduct over 500 bridge inspections in Yilan County beginning in 2018.

Groups of medical practitioners on Thursday voiced opposition to recent amendments to the Enforcement Rules of the Physicians Act, saying it would make it too easy for foreign-trained medical and dental graduates to take the Physician Examination in Taiwan.

Four more people have been detained for their alleged involvement in green energy-related corruption, according to a news release issued by the Changhua District Prosecutors Office on Thursday.

Women's groups protested outside Taiwan's Legislature on Thursday in opposition to draft amendments to the Assisted Reproduction Act currently under discussion that could lead to the legalization of surrogacy in Taiwan.

The lead stories in major Taiwan dailies on Thursday are as follows: