Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) legislators yesterday asked for the dismissal of National Police Agency (NPA) Director-General Wang Cho-chiun (王卓鈞) to take responsibility for violence by law enforcement officers against demonstrators during the Sunflower movement.
Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) on Monday led the Cabinet to resign en masse in the wake of the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) crushing defeat in the nine-in-one elections on Saturday last week, the results of which were widely seen as a vote of no confidence in the government.
TSU lawmakers said Wang should step down along with the Cabinet, saying that the agency’s head must assume responsibility for “officers who used violent tactics on peaceful demonstrators in recent years.”
“We expect the new Cabinet to make changes and to set out in new directions, therefore we ask for a new appointment to head up the post. Wang must not continue as police chief,” TSU Legislator Lai Chen-chang (賴振昌) said.
The police are supposed to protect the public and preserve social order, but in several Sunflower movement incidents and protests by civic groups, police force was a menace and used to intimidate people, TSU Legislator Yeh Chin-ling (葉津鈴) said.
“Police brutality against demonstrators, as happened under Wang’s direct charge, clearly showed an inept government in crisis by resorting to violence against citizens, putting people’s lives in danger, rather than protecting them,” Yeh said.
Trips for more than 100,000 international and domestic air travelers could be disrupted as China launches a military exercise around Taiwan today, Taiwan’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) said yesterday. The exercise could affect nearly 900 flights scheduled to enter the Taipei Flight Information Region (FIR) during the exercise window, it added. A notice issued by the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration showed there would be seven temporary zones around the Taiwan Strait which would be used for live-fire exercises, lasting from 8am to 6pm today. All aircraft are prohibited from entering during exercise, it says. Taipei FIR has 14 international air routes and
Taiwan lacks effective and cost-efficient armaments to intercept rockets, making the planned “T-Dome” interception system necessary, two experts said on Tuesday. The concerns were raised after China’s military fired two waves of rockets during live-fire drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, part of two-day exercises code-named “Justice Mission 2025.” The first wave involved 17 rockets launched at 9am from Pingtan in China’s Fujian Province, according to Lieutenant General Hsieh Jih-sheng (謝日升) of the Office of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff for Intelligence at the Ministry of National Defense. Those rockets landed 70 nautical miles (129.6km) northeast of Keelung without flying over Taiwan,
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) today released images of the military tracking China’s People's Liberation Army (PLA) movements during the latest round of Chinese drills around Taiwan. The PLA began "Justice Mission 2025" drills today, carrying out live-fire drills, simulated strikes on land and maritime targets, and exercises to blockade the nation's main ports. The exercises are to continue tomorrow, with the PLA announcing sea and air space restrictions for five zones around Taiwan for 10 hours starting from 8:30am. The ministry today released images showing a Chinese J-16 fighter jet tracked by a F-16V Block 20 jet and the
City buses in Taipei and New Taipei City, as well as the Taipei MRT, would on Saturday begin accepting QR code payments from five electronic payment providers, the Taipei Department of Transportation said yesterday. The new option would allow passengers to use the “transportation QR code” feature from EasyWallet, iPass Money, iCash Pay, Jkopay or PXPay Plus. Passengers should open their preferred electronic payment app, select the “transportation code” — not the regular payment code — unlock it, and scan the code at ticket readers or gates, General Planning Division Director-General Liu Kuo-chu (劉國著) said. People should move through the
RSS