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Barricades outside legislature to stay

Almost one hundred protesters demonstrate outside the Control Yuan on Tuesday afternoon, demanding that the Control Yuan strike down the pension reform bills set to be reviewed by a legislative panel today. (CNA)

NO ORDINARY PEOPLE:Many pension reform protesters are suspected of having military training, which could pose a threat to police, a Legislative Yuan official said

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 19, 2017
By: Chiu Yan-ling and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer

Pension Reform Oversight Alliance supporters hold flags and banners yesterday as they deliver a petition to the Control Yuan in Taipei. Photo: Huang Yao-cheng, Taipei Times

Barricades placed outside the Legislative Yuan are to remain amid security concerns over ongoing pension reform protests and intelligence reports that agitators, including former special forces personnel, might use smoke bombs and attack officers, a legislative official said yesterday. [FULL  STORY]

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