Taipei Times
Date: Dec 21, 2019
By: Chiu Chun-fu and Huang Chien-hua / Staff reporters
Ahead of marches today for and against Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), National Police

Armed police officers of the Kaohsiung Police Department’s “Thunder Squad” SWAT team and the Rapid Transit Police Brigade stand guard at the Kaohsiung MRT metropolitan rail system’s Formosa Boulevard Station yesterday.
Photo: CNA
Chen said that he would be accompanied by other agency officials to ensure public safety by monitoring the Wecare Kaohsiung rally by a coalition of civic groups that aim to recall Han, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate in the Jan. 11 election, and the “Rise of the South: Kaohsiung’s Glory” parade in support of Han, organized by the KMT.
The two marches are to take separate routes in Kaohsiung’s north and south inner city areas, 3.8km apart at their closest, while organizers on both sides have estimated that they would be joined by at least 10,000 participants and possibly up to 100,000.
Confrontations that could lead to violence might occur when people head toward the assembly points for the marches and when dispersing afterward, as rival groups might come in contact on Kaohsiung MRT metropolitan railway trains, officials said, adding that the likely flash points would be Zuoying Station, Kaohsiung Main Station and Formosa Boulevard Station. [FULL STORY]