RESPONSIBILITY:Taipei’s mayor continued to deny responsibility for organizing the controversial event, saying it was authorized by the MAC and immigration agency
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 04, 2017
By: Lin Hsiao-yun and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The “Sing! China: Shanghai-Taipei Music Festival” was organized by the Taipei
Workers dismantle the “Sing! China Music Festival” stage on the National Taiwan University athletics field on Monday last week, the day after the festival was canceled because of protests. Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
Department of Cultural Affairs and therefore not a commercial activity, National Taiwan University (NTU) said yesterday.
The controversial concert abruptly ended on Sept. 24 amid student protests. Scattered incidents of violence were reported, including three students allegedly injured by members of the Chinese Unity Promotion Party.
The university said that it had twice denied a request from the department and Mu Chieh Ta Co (幕婕塔), the company commissioned by the city to organize the event, to use the school’s athletic field for the concert.
The school was informed that Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Legislator May Chin (高金素梅) had expressed concern over the denial and the school subsequently allowed the concert, NTU said. [FULL STORY]
