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He found all of the evidence he needed when the corpse of a 56-year-old Taipei man floated by.

According to a Reuters report, the mayor was "undaunted" and continued sniffing cups of the murky water while local police stood by, trying to save face.

Ma's goal is to turn the Tanshui and Keelung riverfronts into tourist attractions. He's got his work cut out for him -- much of Taipei's untreated sewage ends up in the city's waterways, as does the occasional dead body. Officials of Taiwan's capital city confirmed as many as 10 bodies a year are found in the rivers -- in addition to nearly 600 tons of garbage.

Still, the mayor was optimistic. "It smells much better than it used to," he said.
salon.com | Feb. 7, 2000

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