TAIPEI: Two Taiwanese lawmakers tried to choke each other during a brawl in the island’s parliament on Thursday as the government of President Tsai Ing-wen pressed ahead with controversial reforms.

Female legislators from opposing camps had their hands on each other’s throats as a dozen colleagues pushed and shouted trying to separate them in the main chamber during a review of a major infrastructure project.

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