Ko comes under fire from pro-independence groups

Taipei Times
Date:  Aug 22, 2015
By: Sean Lin  /  Staff reporter

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday came under fire from pro-independence

908 Taiwan Republic Campaign founder Peter Wang voices the group’s dissatisfaction with Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je’s cross-strait statements in front of Taipei City Hall yesterday.  Photo: Tu Chu-min, Taipei Times

908 Taiwan Republic Campaign founder Peter Wang voices the group’s dissatisfaction with Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je’s cross-strait statements in front of Taipei City Hall yesterday. Photo: Tu Chu-min, Taipei Times

groups for a remark he made in Shanghai earlier this week that Taiwan and China belonged to “one family.”

Members of the 908 Taiwan Republic Campaign yesterday protested in front of the Taipei City Government building, demanding an apology from Ko for what they called his “inappropriate” remark.

Group founder Peter Wang (王獻極) said that Taiwan and China are two nations and enemies with each other.

“Under this circumstance, how can we be in ‘one family’?” he asked.     [FULL  STORY]

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