VIOLENT SCUFFLES:Three Taiwanese and two South Koreans were arrested, while another South Korean had to receive medical attention after clashing with police
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 04, 2015
By: Lii Wen / Staff reporter
Two workers from South Korea’s Hydis Technologies were arrested yesterday after a
A woman cries out as she is pressed to the ground yesterday by police officers trying to stop Taiwanese and South Korean worker representatives during a protest in front of the Presidential Office Building in Taipei as they called for the government’s help after a Taiwanese-owned factory in South Korea closed down. Photo: CNA
demonstration outside the Presidential Office Building in Taipei to protest against their Taiwanese employers.
For the past 10 days, nearly a dozen South Korean union representatives have camped outside the personal residence of Yuen Foong Yu (YFY) Group chairperson Ho Shou-chuan (何壽川).
On the front steps of Ho’s residence, the workers set up a memorial shrine to former Hydis union leader Bae Jae-hyoung, who committed suicide last month after reportedly receiving legal threats from Hydis management.
Dressed in a black robe, Bae’s widow, Lee Mi-ra, carried a portrait of her husband as she marched toward the Presidential Office Building during yesterday’s demonstration. [FULL STORY]
