By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -Voters in Taiwan were casting ballots on Saturday on whether to recall one-fifth of the island's parliament, all from the major opposition party, in a move supporters hope will send a message to China and opponents say is an assault on democracy.

Taiwanese voters headed to the polls Saturday in a historic recall election that could reshape the islands political landscape. The unprecedented vote seeks to remove 24 lawmakers from the opposition Kuomintang (KMT),