Taiwan police brace for rival marches in Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung Taiwan police to place officers in every MRT carriage to prevent clashes between participants

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/12/16
By: Ching-Tse Cheng, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Kaohsiung police officers to be stationed in MRT carriages on Dec. 21. (Facebook photo)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — To minimize conflicts between supporters and opponents of Kuomintang (KMT) presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) during rival marches in Kaohsiung on Saturday (Dec. 21), the southern Taiwan city's police force is planning to station approximately 3,200 officers around the city, including two in every MRT carriage.

After the organization Wecare Kaohsiung (Wecare高雄) announced that it had organized the Dec. 21 march to demand Han's removal as mayor, Han and his team said that they would hold their own march on the same day and claimed that it would see twice as many attendees as the "1221 Wecare Taiwan Parade."    [FULL  STORY]

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