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Prosecutors decide not to indict student activists

Taipei Times

Activist Lin Fei-fan, right, hands out bubble milk tea near the Shida Night Market in Taipei on Monday, having lost a bet about President Ma Ying-jeou resigning as Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman over last year’s elections.
Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times

The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday said it would not prosecute student activists who were involved in a heated protest outside the Presidential Office Building in 2013 during which 27 police officers were injured.

PRC’s new air routes merit tough response

Peng Ming-min 彭明敏

China’s unilateral declaration of its new air routes in close proximity to the Taiwan Strait median line poses a serious threat to Taiwan’s national and flight security, and is detrimental to cross-strait relations. However, the government’s slow and weak response to such tyranny is even more frustrating.

Bullying of all kinds must be met with strong protest or counteractive measures. Faced with such invasive and barbaric actions by the Chinese, the government should respond appropriately, such as by ceasing all exchanges or talks with Beijing.

Activists back embattled former student

Taipei Times

Activist Lin Fei-fan, right, speaks in support of former National Chung Kung University student Lee Ying-jui, left, at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times

Civic groups and Sunflower movement leader Lin Fei-fan (林飛帆) yesterday voiced support for former National Cheng Kung University student Lee Ying-jui (李盈叡), who was charged with and acquitted of vandalism for damaging a campus sign, but faces more legal action.

‘Taiwanese’ identity hits record level

Taipei Times

The number of people who refer to themselves as “Taiwanese,” as well as those who support Taiwanese independence, have hit historic highs, according to a survey by National Chengchi University.

The university’s Election Study Center poll showed that 60.6 percent of respondents regard themselves as Taiwanese, while 23.9 percent support Taiwanese independence.

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