Chinese student to be probed over removal of pro-democracy messages

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/10/03
By: Flor Wang and Miao Chung-hen

Taipei, Oct. 3 (CNA) A case involving a Chinese exchange student, who allegedly ripped down messages that had been posted at a Taiwan university in support of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong, has been handed over to prosecutors for further investigation, police said Thursday.

Hsinchu City police said they received a report from National Tsing Hua University's student union about a woman holding a pink umbrella, who had committed an act of vandalism on the school campus before entering the university library.

With the help of video footage, police said, they were able to identify the female Chinese student, who was seen at 12:55 p.m. on Sept. 30 tearing down several messages that had been posted on a wall on the school campus in support of the ongoing democracy movement in Hong Kong.

During initial questioning, the woman said she had torn down the messages because they contained radical comments, police said.    [FULL  STORY]