The success of a protest staged by China-based Taiwanese businesspeople earlier this month in Taipei has prompted the event’s organizer to schedule another march in Greater Tainan tomorrow.
The event’s organizers also plan to burn a Chinese flag at the march.
Event organizer Shen Po-sheng (沈伯勝) yesterday said he is also a victim of Chinese oppression, and after his investment in Tianjin failed, he attempted suicide in Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
Shen said tomorrow’s march would charge the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with being a robber baron that lies and oppresses Taiwanese. The protest would also warn Taiwanese against seeking their fortune in China because investments in China are doomed to fail.
The march will publicize accusations that the Tianjin City Government is trying to con Taiwanese out of their money, he added.
“President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) government is kowtowing to Beijing and hiding the truth from Taiwanese, which is why I made the decision to take to the streets in protest against the Ma administration,” Shen said.
According to anonymous sources, with a growing number of victimized Taiwanese businesspeople taking a stand against Bejing, China has been made aware of the issue.
Some Taiwanese businesspeople say that they have received calls by people claiming to be representatives of Chinese authorities asking the businespeople not to appear publicly or give interviews to facilitate reparations, the source said, adding that many Taiwanese businesspeople have backed down because of such calls.
Ting Hsiu-yun (丁秀雲), a Taiwanese businesswoman currently living in New Zealand, said she had received a call from a person named Tao Sanyuan (陶三院) claiming to be from the Hubei Public Security Bureau, asking for Ting to provide information on a case concerning embezzlement of her stocks when Ting invested in the Chinese stock market.
Whether they would take the case seriously remains to be seen, Ting said.
Translated by Jake Chung, Staff Writer
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