The China Post
Date: July 15, 2016
By: Christine Chou
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A student who cracked an egg onto the head of a Ministry of Education (MOE,
National Chengchi University (NCCU, 政大) student Kao Juo-hsiang (高若想) apologizes to the Education Ministry official whose head she cracked an egg onto last week during a protest for university assistants’ labor rights in front of the Ministry of Labor (MOL) on Thursday, July 14. (CNA)
教育部) official at a protest last week gave an open apology Thursday to both the victim and her fellow protesters.
“I apologize,” National Chengchi University (NCCU, 政大) student Kao Juo-hsiang (高若想) said during a demonstration by university labor unions outside the Ministry of Labor (MOL, 勞動部).
She added that she was willing to bear the legal consequences for any embarrassment or mental or physical injury inflicted on the official, Wang Shu-Juan (王淑娟).
Kao said she had refused interview requests over the 10 days after the incident because she did not want to draw public attention away from issues surrounding university assistants’ labor conditions.
Other protesters, seeking to protect her, advised that speaking publicly about the incident would only prolong media coverage, Kao said.
She said she was sorry to see her fellow protesters bombarded with criticism and that her “personal impulse” caused the movement to lose focus and come to a standstill. [FULL STORY]
