Taipei Times
Date: Jan 20, 2020
By: Wu Su-wei and Dennis Xie / Staff reporter, with staff writer
About 100 people marched in Taipei yesterday, demanding that the government amend the law to
Marchers hold up signs calling for the Act Governing Relations with Hong Kong and Macau to be amended to allow for the provision of political asylum for Hong Kong protesters in Taipei yesterday, during a protest organized by International Socialist Forward.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
The march, organized by International Socialist Forward (ISF), which began in front of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) headquarters, headed past Taipei Railway Station and the Ximending (西門町) area before ending in front of the Legislative Yuan.
Participants called on the DPP to grant Hong Kong protesters political asylum by amending the Act Governing Relations with Hong Kong and Macau (香港澳門關係條例).
More than 7,000 protesters have been arrested in Hong Kong, including about 1,000 who face criminal charges, since the anti-extradition, pro-democracy protests began last year, and about 500 have been accused of committing the offense of riot, which carries a prison sentence of more than 10 years, ISF spokesperson Vincent Hsu (許偉育) said. [FULL STORY]
