EXCESSIVE POWER: Officers barged into the homes of the four men and arrested them like they were tasked with quashing dissent, Legislator Lai Shyh-bao alleged

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 21, 2017
By: Sean Lin and Tseng Wei-chen  /  Staff reporters

The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) citation of the National Security Act (國家安全法) as grounds for arresting four New Party Youth Corps members on Tuesday has had a chilling effect on society and goes against its previous views on the act, which it opposed when it was in opposition, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus said yesterday.

“When the DPP was an opposition party, it opposed the introduction of the act, saying it would grant prosecutors and investigators excessive power and abet White Terror,” KMT caucus deputy secretary-general Lee Yen-hsiu (李彥秀) told a news conference at the legislature in Taipei.

The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office and the Investigation Bureau citing the act when arresting the New Party members just because they hold different political views constitutes “green terror,” Lee said.    [FULL  STORY]