TAIPEI—China’s top Taiwanese affairs negotiator, Chen Yulin, visited Taiwan and sparked mass protests. The Taiwanese people there expressed strong resentment toward their own government because they removed protesters, cleared the streets where the envoy was located, and also expressed resentment for mobilizing 7,000 policemen to ensure the mainland Chinese envoy’s security.
According to Yuan, this has demonstrated that the Chinese communist regime has planned to belittle and then remove the Republic of China in Taiwan. He pointed out that Chen’s visit has turned Taipei into a city similar to Beijing under totalitarian rule.
Yuan said that he heard from a reliable source in Beijing, that Chinese officials had requested the removal of Taiwan’s national flags in places where the Chinese envoy would visit, including hotels, meeting rooms, and restaurants.
Yuan commented that the Taiwanese government had apparently agreed to grant the Chinese communist regime’s unreasonable request.
Taiwan’s National Flag Not Allowed When Chen is Present
Yuan Hongbing was a renowned scholar from China and now is in exile. He said that while Chen was in Taiwan, he saw police use riot shields and barricades to violently deter the protesting crowd. He also saw Taiwanese police tear and destroy Taiwanese national flags on Taiwanese soil, whereas China’s red flags were allowed to fly freely.According to Yuan, this has demonstrated that the Chinese communist regime has planned to belittle and then remove the Republic of China in Taiwan. He pointed out that Chen’s visit has turned Taipei into a city similar to Beijing under totalitarian rule.
Yuan said that he heard from a reliable source in Beijing, that Chinese officials had requested the removal of Taiwan’s national flags in places where the Chinese envoy would visit, including hotels, meeting rooms, and restaurants.
Yuan commented that the Taiwanese government had apparently agreed to grant the Chinese communist regime’s unreasonable request.
A Big Step Backward in Human Rights
Thus far, sixty Taiwanese organizations have co-signed a petition letter to protest their own government’s suppressing freedom of speech, making this an unprecedented human rights violation in Taiwanese history.
Chen’s first visit in Taiwan brought strange things that had never happened in the past 20 years. Many Taiwanese held Taiwanese national flags, wore hats, or held umbrellas with pictures of Taiwan’s national symbol and were then subsequently driven off by police. Motorists who hung the “Free Tibet” flags were stopped by police and were removed from their vehicles.
When Chen was dinning at the Ambassador Hotel on Nov. 6, a nearby music store was playing some Taiwanese songs loudly. Police went into the store and demanded the owner to stop playing the music and shut the door.
Strong Protests from Rights Activists
After the petition was initiated by the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, sixty Taiwanese organizations responded to support the petition within 12 hours. The petition demanded that President Ma Ying-jeou apologize for using excessive police force and that National Police Agency Director-General, Wang Cho-chiun, step down from his position.Members of the Judicial Reform Foundation went to the Taipei District Prosecutor’s office to sue Beitou Police District Chief, Lee Hanching, who led a group of police to illegally search the music store and interfere with the store’s right to conduct normal business.
Lawyer Kao Yong-cheng is a member of the Taipei Bar Association. He said it is a well known fact that the Chinese communist regime suppresses human rights. He said that human rights in Taiwan should not deteriorate to the same level as human rights in China.
The Taipei Bar Association is going to form a team and will offer pro-bono legal help to those who have been abused by police during Chen’s visit to Taiwan.
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