The China Post
Date: August 17, 2016
By: Sun Hsin Hsuan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Agitated animal rights activists injured two court officials as protesters
A banner reading “lives should not be taken brutally; these crimes should not be lightly punished” is laid at the entrance of the Taipei District Court, Tuesday, Aug. 16, alongside plastic boards showing drawings of two cats killed by a university student. Animal rights activists called for the heaviest penalty to be levied against Chan Ho-yeung (陳皓揚). (Sun Hsin Hsuan, The China Post)
mobbed alleged cat-killer Chan Ho-yeung (陳皓揚) outside the Taipei District Court Tuesday afternoon.
Over 100 activists and cat lovers expressed anger against Macanese National Taiwan University student Chan, who has confessed to killing two cats since January. Protesters swarmed the Taipei District Court on Tuesday, demanding the heaviest possible penalty be levied against him.
Representatives of the Stray Animals Rescue Organization (台灣流浪動物救援協會) called for Chan’s suspension from school and the termination of his permission to remain in the country.
Addressing the crowd of protesters, Pan Han-shen (潘翰聲), director of the Association of Taiwan Tree-huggers (台灣樹人會), appealed for urgent amendments to current laws regulating animal protection. [FULL STORY]
