‘I thought of each day as a war.’ Calls are mounting for the Taiwanese government to intervene in the case of a student who was expelled from a military university after he texted positive for HIV. The student just wants to complete his degree.
The News Lens
Date: 2016/08/17
By: Hsu Chia-yu
The student at the center of a growing controversy involving discrimination against
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people with HIV/AIDS in Taiwan wants to return to the university that expelled him three years ago.
Taiwan’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) this week fined National Defense University (NDU) NT$1 million (US$32,000) for expelling the HIV-positive student, who is known as Ah Li, in 2013.
Ah Li said on Monday that he is “doing okay” and still wants to return to school to complete his education.
In April, the High Court ruled against the CDC after it tried to have Ah Li reinstated at NDU. The Court said the CDC could take further action against the school under the “HIV Infection Control and Patient Rights Protection Act.” The CDC said earlier this week it will continue to appeal in court for the student to be reinstated. [FULL STORY]
