TAIPEI: Taiwan legislators brawled in parliament on Friday over proposed reductions to military veterans’ pensions, part of wider cutbacks that have triggered mass protests.

The clashes came as a draft bill proposed by the cabinet earlier this month was deliberated in parliament for the first time, following a protest by military retirees in February.

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