SHATTERED WINDOWS: As the legislators’ hunger strike continues amid accusations, DPP lawmakers guarded the legislative chamber ahead of tomorrow’s plenary session
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 07, 2018
By: Wu Cheng-feng and Su Fang-ho / Staff reporters
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Chung Hsiao-ping (鍾小平)
Presidential Office Secretary-General Joseph Wu, second right, talks to Democratic Progressive Party legislators outside the Legislative Yuan yesterday.
Photo: CNA
yesterday brought legal charges against five New Power Party (NPP) legislators for allegedly vandalizing the Legislative Yuan, which the Taipei City Government has designated as a historic building. He also brought charges against Legislative Speaker Su Jia-chyuan (蘇嘉全) and Legislative Yuan Secretary-General Lin Chih-chia (林志嘉) for allegedly obstructing a public officer in the course of performing their duties.
As yesterday was a Saturday, the bailiff on duty at the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office told Chung that they would deliver his charges to the office tomorrow.
Accompanied by Taipei Department of Culture officials, Chung went to the legislature on Friday afternoon to inspect the doors of the legislative chamber. NPP Legislator Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明) had earlier in the day shattered the windows in the doors, which he had then sealed with chains. [FULL STORY]
