Wu Sz-huai charged for role in protest clashes

PENSION REFORM: His speech was found to have incited protesters to clash with police as they sought to break into the Legislative Yuan, prosecutors said

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 18, 2020
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Wu Sz-huai, who reportedly had lumbar spine surgery, holds a placard that reads: “Say no to political appointments for services rendered — Safeguard democracy” in the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA

1Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Wu Sz-huai (吳斯懷) and 12 others were yesterday charged for their roles in a 2018 demonstration against military pension cuts that turned violent, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said.

In the indictment, prosecutors say that Wu, then deputy head of a veterans’ group, and Wang Po-yun (王寶芸) of the Blue Sky Action Alliance encouraged violence when they spoke at a rally in front of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei on April 25, 2018.

Their speeches were found to have incited protesters to clash with police as people sought to break into the Legislative Yuan, they said.    [FULL  STORY]

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