Taipei Tims
Date: Jun 13, 2015
By: Abraham Gerber  /  Staff reporter

Independent Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) was yesterday greeted by protesters as he

Supporters of laid-off workers of South Korean Hydis Technologies yesterday hand a petition calling for the release of the workers from a detention center to Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, left, as he attends a city council meeting in Taipei. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

entered a city council meeting, following the arrest of the last of nine South Korean labor activists that morning.

About 50 protesters pushed against a cordon of police officers outside the council venue after Ko accepted their petitions, shouting slogans accusing the city government of acting as a “shield” and “thug” for corporations.

While Ko was quickly hustled into the building, some members of his entourage were temporarily trapped between protesters and police, with protester chants echoing through the council’s entrance hall during a pre-scheduled city press conference.     [FULL  STORY]