‘UNNECESSARY AND IRRATIONAL’: The Taiwan High Court sentenced the independence activist to 50 days in prison, commutable to a fine of NT$50,000
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 11, 2020
By: Chang Wen-chuan and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Taiwanese independence activist Lee Chia-yu (李嘉宇) was found guilty of contravening the
A bronze statue of former president Chiang Kai-shek is pictured at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei on Dec. 10 last year.
Photo: Wang Kuan-je, Taipei Times
Lee and others were holding an event near the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on Feb. 27, 2018, to commemorate the 228 Incident when Lee allegedly told the crowd to set a Republic of China (ROC) flag on fire, which an unidentified man proceeded to do.
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office accused Lee of inciting others to contravene Article 118 of the Criminal Code, which prohibits destroying, damaging or pulling down the national flag or emblem in public for the purpose of insulting the nation.
The Taipei District Court in September last year acquitted him on the grounds that his act was a form of constitutionally protected speech. [FULL STORY]
