FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: While banners supporting NTU president-elect Kuan Chung-ming have been hanging for days, those opposing his election were quickly removed, a student said
Taipei Times
Date: May 05, 2018
By: Wu Po-hsuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
A group of National Taiwan University (NTU) students yesterday accused school
A student takes a picture of a banner yesterday, which reads: “Say no to the illegally elected president Kuan Chung-ming; the election committee does not represent my view,” displayed on the National Taiwan University campus in Taipei. Screen grab from Facebook
authorities of suppressing freedom of speech and applying double standards in its treatment of people who support or oppose Kuan Chung-ming’s (管中閔) election as university president.
The Ministry of Education on Friday last week decided not to confirm Kuan’s election after a series of allegations, ranging from conflicts of interest in the selection process to plagiarism and teaching in China, prevented him from taking office as scheduled on Feb. 1.
The Action Alliance for University Autonomy, which was formed by a number of academics who support Kuan, have put up banners and yellow ribbons near the university’s bell tower.
An NTU student, who wished to only be identified by his surname, Hsu (徐), said that not everyone at the school supported Kuan, so he and several other students at 3am or 4am yesterday hung up banners saying that they do not want a lawbreaker and that the university election committee does not represent them. [FULL STORY]
