Find out what’s new on ST website and app. Civic groups had sought to unseat 24 lawmakers belonging to the main opposition Kuomintang party. - Taiwanese voters rejected on July 26 an attempt to oust 24 opposition lawmakers, an official tally showed, dealing a blow to President Lai Ching-te’s party and its hopes for taking control of Parliament. Civic groups backed by Mr Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) had sought to unseat 24 lawmakers belonging to the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party, who they accuse of being in cahoots with China. The KMT, which advocates closer ties with Beijing, controls...