Taiwan Referendum Association questions timing of city government action
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/03/23
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taipei City police suddenly appeared outside the Legislative
Professor Tsay Ting-kuei (second from left, with cap) at the Taiwan Referendum Association camp Friday. (By Central News Agency)
Yuan Friday afternoon to remove tents set up by campaigners for a referendum about independence for Taiwan.
The campaigners, led by an organization named the Taiwan Referendum Alliance (公投護台灣聯盟), had been camping at the same location for years, activists said, yet someone had reported them to the authorities as an illegal structure, the Chinese-language Apple Daily reported.
City workers accompanied by police arrived at the site on Jinan Road around 2:40 p.m., and soon quarrels broke out followed by scuffles, reports said. [FULL STORY]
