Taiwan oppn defeats recall

Taiwan's opposition will keep its legislative majority in a blow to President Lai Ching-te's Democratic Progressive Party, with voters overwhelmingly rejecting an attempt to recall 24 Kuomintang lawmakers.

Voters in every targeted constituency rebuffed the recall effort, according to Central Election Commission data, with the KMT and its allies retaining their combined legislative majority. The DPP said it will learn from the result.

The recall was unprecedented in scale, targeting a quarter of lawmakers, and was started by civil groups who claimed the KMT was working with China and jeopardising national security, which it denies.