"I felt violated," she said.
Cheng's colleague and a cameraman, who were interviewing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Wang Shih-cheng (王世堅) on a platform near Jing Fu Men (景福門), were forced to stop their interview as demonstrators started shaking the platform and pounding it with their umbrellas.
CtiTV later released a statement condemning the incident.
Minutes later, an Eastern Television (ETTV) anchorwoman and cameraman, who were presenting a live broadcast on another raised platform next to that of CtiTV, were forced to stop their broadcast after six or seven demonstrators jumped onto the platform and interrupted their broadcast.
An FTV cameraman, who was wearing a red T-shirt and had forgotten to peel off an anti-Chen sticker from his camera, was chased by demonstrators.
According to the Taipei City Police Department, it dispatched more than 2,800 officers to the pro-Chen rally yesterday and about 600 were assigned to Taipei Railway Station where the anti-Chen crowd have been based since Friday night.
"Disturbances between the pro-Chen and anti-Chen Shui-bian groups are our biggest concern. I'd like to urge all the protesters to respect each other instead of provoking each other unnecessarily," said Huang Ching-fu (黃清福), head of the Taipei City Police Department's Peacekeeping Division.
Additional reporting by Jimmy Chuang and Mo Yan-chih
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