OFFICE OCCUPIED:The Ministry of Education said that 33 people were arrested, while video showed police dragging people from an office on the second floor
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 25, 2015
By: Abraham Gerber / Staff reporter
High-school student protesters and civic groups yesterday rallied outside the Ministry of
Protesters allegedly trying to break into the Ministry of Education building clash with police in Taipei early yesterday morning. Photo: CNA
Education building in Taipei, demanding the release of students arrested in the early hours of the morning after breaking into the complex.
“We demand that our comrades be immediately released and not be subjected to violent judicial hunting,” Taoyuan High School Alliance spokesperson Liao Hao-hsiang (廖浩翔) said.
“If the ministry does not give us a reasonable and positive response today, we will continue our protest, refusing to bend in spite of last night’s [Friday morning’s] violent expulsion,” he said. [FULL STORY]
