NPP lawmakers remain on hunger strike against labor law amendments

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/06
By: Yeh Su-ping and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Jan. 6 (CNA) Five opposition New Power Party (NPP) legislators continued a hunger strike outside the Presidential Office on Saturday, calling for the draft amendments to the Labor Standards Act to be withdrawn.

The legislators, namely NPP Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌), caucus convener Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明), Kawlo Iyun Pacidal, Hung Tsu-yung (洪慈庸) and Freddy Lim (林昶佐), started the hunger strike at 6 p.m. Friday in wet, chilly weather and have said they will continue as long as possible.

They are calling for President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德), and ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers to withdraw a bill to amend the labor law.    [FULL STORY]