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Student protester commits suicide


Dai Lin, a member of the Northern Taiwan Anti-Curriculum Changes Alliance, holds up a black umbrella at his home in New Taipei City in an undated photograph to represent the government’s opaque “black box” changes to the high-school curriculum guidelines.
Photo taken from Lin Kuan-hua’s Facebook account

A student who had campaigned against the Ministry of Education’s controversial adjustments to high-school curriculum guidelines was found dead yesterday in an apparent suicide at his family’s residence in New Taipei City.

Dai Lin (林冠華), a member of the Northern Taiwan Anti-Curriculum Changes Alliance, was found dead by emergency workers who were summoned by his mother after her son failed to respond to calls outside his bedroom, the New Taipei City Fire Department said. After police arrived and broke down the door, they saw Lin lying in bed with a pan of charcoal lighted on a nearby desk, in an apparent suicide.

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Student group relocates forum to legislature


Members of the Northern Taiwan Society and other pro-localization groups in Taipei yesterday voice support for students protesting against planned high-school curriculum changes.
Photo: Chang Chia-ming, Taipei Times

National Taichung First Senior High School student club Apple Tree Commune last night relocated its forum on the controversial curriculum adjustments to in front of the Legislative Yuan complex in Taipei, saying that many of the nation’s problems are the result of the unsatisfactory performance of the legislature.

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Newsflash


Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je in this file photo taken in Taipei on Wednesday, said he will speak to Farglory chairman Chao Teng-hsiung next week.
Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei Times

The Taipei City Government’s current contract with Farglory Land Development Co (遠雄建設) for the construction of the Taipei Dome is “ridiculous,” Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday.

“I think this contract is simply ridiculous,” Ko said. “How could it be possible to draft a contract that we have absolutely no way of defending?”