Taipei Times
Date: Apr 11, 2018
By: Lee I-chia  /  Staff reporter

Nearly 200 people wearing white T-shirts and caps yesterday afternoon protested in front

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, right, accepts protest placards from city councilors before delivering an administrative report to the Taipei City Council yesterday.  Photo: CNA

of the Taipei City Council building and handed Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) a petition against fines the city government imposed on residents of 1,675 illegal residential units in a commercial zone in Neihu District (內湖).

The residential units were found by the city government last year in a 105 hectare area along Neihu’s Mingshui and Jingye roads near the MRT Jiannan Road Station, although the area was designated for commercial and recreational use in 2003.

From March to August last year, the Taipei Department of Urban Development informed residents that they would face fines under the Urban Planning Act (都市計畫法) for living in illegal residential units.    [FULL  STORY]