A Taipei County councilor filed lawsuits with the Shihlin Prosecutors Office yesterday against several Taipei City police officers in connection with a dispute over a traffic stop on Saturday.
DPP Taipei County Councilor Lin Shu-fen (
Lin was headed for Yangmingshan on Saturday afternoon when the car she was in was stopped by police officer Wang Chung-da because of the traffic restrictions that limit access to the mountain on weekends and holidays.
PHOTO: LIN CHENG-KUNG, TAIPEI TIMES
Lin alleges that the officer responded to her queries impolitely and so she became agitated and uttered some obscenities at him, whereupon he hit her.
At a press conference on Sunday Wang said Lin had impeded his efforts to carry out his duties, so he demanded that she accompany him to his nearby police station. He also denied allegations that he had mistreated her.
Lin has accused the policeman of injuring her by "throwing her" onto the floor of the station four times.
On Sunday police officials said they had both a videotape and tape recording that backed up their account of Lin's visit to the station. They also announced that they would file charges against Lin for insulting government workers, yelling abusive language at police and impeding law enforcement work.
In her lawsuits, Lin accuses Wang Chung-da of restricting her personal liberty and causing bodily harm.
She says the police tampered with their videotape of her at the station and so she is suing Wang Cho-chiun (
Her suit against Chan Yung-hua accuses him of hurting her reputation and giving false evidence.
"What happened to me can happen to others, too. To file a lawsuit against the police is to safeguard a citizen's basic human rights," said Lin.
The Taipei City Government held a press conference yesterday to express its firm support for the police force and officers' efforts to keep the city in order.
"Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九)thinks the whole issue has been blown out of proportion in order to turn it into a political matter and it has seriously damaged the image of the city's police force," said Taipei City spokesman Wu Yu-sheng (吳育昇).
Wu stressed that the city government would uphold law and order and the image of the police force.
He also said Ma had said that the city would not tolerate any individual getting special treatment when it came to law and order.
At yesterday's press conference, Shihlin Police Branch Director Ken Chi-wen (耿繼文) again denied that Wang Chung-da had thrown Lin to the floor.
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