The Presidential Office yesterday denied a claim that President William Lai’s (賴清德) charter flight was never granted overflight permissions for his trip to Eswatini, calling the claim “rumor mongering.”
Lai was on Wednesday scheduled to leave for Eswatini, Taiwan’s sole diplomatic ally in Africa, but the trip was canceled after Seychelles, Mauritius and Madagascar abruptly rescinded overflight permissions for his chartered plane under “strong…




