The leader of the campaign to oust President Chen Shui-bian (
The group threatened to take action if the ministry fails to free the instructor.
Major Tung Hwa-cheng (
"Taiwan is finally walking on a path of democracy and freedom, but the government is now abusing human rights ? If the military insists on refusing to free Tung Hwa-cheng, the camp will take strong action," anti-Chen campaign leader Shih Ming-teh (施明德), who is currently visiting Thailand, said yesterday in a written statement.
Condemning the Military High Court Prosecutor's Office for "fawning" on the president by detaining Tung, the camp urged political leaders to speak up to pressure the prosecutors to release Tung immediately.
"Although Shih is visiting Thailand, he took the incident seriously and considered it as a test for Taiwan's democracy," Chang Fu-chung (張富忠), the camp's news coordinator, said at a press conference.
Chang said the camp would discuss what action it would take to protest against the military after Shih returns to Taiwan on Monday.
Tung wore full uniform to the protest, but tried, unsuccessfully, to hide his identity by wearing a surgical mask and sunglasses.
At the protest, Tung showed a copy of a letter he had sent Minister of National Defense Lee Jye (李傑), in which he said any soldier would take the chance to murder the president during a war.
The prosecutor's office said while Tung's participation in the protest was not a problem, his appearing in uniform and showing a letter with its content suggesting treason is regarded as a violation of the Military Criminal Code (
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