DOUBLE STANDARDS?Wang Pin-chen said that the judicial system should apply the same standards to the Ministry of Education as it does to student activists

Taipei Times
Date:  Oct 22, 2015
By: Hsieh Chun-lin, Liang Pei-chi and Jonathan Chin  /  Staff reporters, with staff writer

The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday announced the indictment of

From left to right, Chen Po-yu, Yin Juo-yu, Yen Hsiao-he, Tsai Ming-ing and Peng Cheng, pictured in a composite photograph, have been indicted on charges of obstruction of justice and coercion over their actions during the storming of the Ministry of Education’s compound in Taipei on the night of July 23 during protests against the changes to the high-school social studies curriculum guidelines. Photos: Taipei Times

five anti-curriculum changes activists — Chen Po-yu (陳柏瑜), Yen Hsiao-ho (閻孝和), Peng Cheng (彭宬), Yin Juo-yu (尹若宇) and Tsai Ming-ying (蔡明穎) — on charges of obstruction of justice and coercion.

The office said that it has referred two adolescents, surnamed Chang (張) and Lin (林), to a juvenile court, and that it would not file charges against 22 remaining activists being investigated for breaking into and occupying the Ministry of Education compound, due to the ministry’s withdrawal of charges, insufficient evidence and the death of one defendant.     [FULL  STORY]