Taipei, May 4 -- Taiwan's Ministry of the Interior (MOI) reaffirmed its request for transparency in lawmakers' travel to China, announcing that it had formally notified the Legislative Yuan on April 24 to designate a representative responsible for uploading legislators' China-bound travel itineraries to a newly established ministry Web site, Taipei Times reported.

The notice follows the ministry's earlier launch, on April 17, of an online platform created to allow religious, civic, and public organisations to register trips to China. The MOI said the purpose of the system is to offer better support to Taiwanese groups and individuals in the event of any trouble during their travels.

The same mechanism, it said, could be used by the legi...