http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/03/17/2003613749
"Protesters allege police mistreatment" (Taipei Times.3/17)
〈示威者声称[信义分局]警方不当对待〉 (Taipei Times.3/17)
Several pro-independence organizations gathered late on Sunday night to
protest alleged violent treatment of their members by Xinyi District (信义)
police officers during a confrontation outside Taipei 101 earlier in the day.
The alleged mistreatment occurred as activists from the Taiwanese National
Party (TNP, 台湾民族党) and Taiwan Independence Volunteer Team (TIVT, 台建行动
志工队) were making their way to the plaza in front of Taipei 101 on Sunday
afternoon, during one of their regular weekend marches in Taipei. Some
activists were carrying flags with slogans advocating Taiwanese independence
and civil rights, with some members on foot and others on tricycles.
However, units from the Xinyi Police Station reportedly blocked the groups at
the periphery of the Taipei 101 plaza, saying they did not have a permit for
the march, and also that the tricycles some were riding were unlicensed
vehicles.
A confrontation ensued and some tussling took place, as officers began to
hand out fines for traffic violations and demand members show identity cards.
TNP member Lin Hsin-kai (林新凯) shouted “The police are violating civil
rights” during the confrontation, before being overpowered by police,
handcuffed and taken to the nearby Xinyi Police Station.
Other TNP and TIVT members were also detained and given fines, and officers
at the time said they planned to charge Lin for verbal abuse of
law-enforcement officers.
As they felt they had been unjustly harassed and illegally detained by
police, the activists held a rally outside the Xinyi Police Station, at which
they demanded the release of Lin, who reportedly sustained minor injuries as
police officers wrestled him to the ground.
Joining TNP and TIVT members at the rally were members from the Taiwan
Organization for National Declaration (台湾国籍宣示会), and the National
Building Forum (建国广场).
Xinyi District Police Chief Wu Ching-tien (吴敬田) later released Lin after
holding talks with TNP chairman Tsua Gim-liong (蔡金龙), and city councilors
who arrived to help settle the dispute between the police and the protesters
gathered outside.
During a media interview, Tsua said: “The police not only used excessive
force to arrest our members, but it was selective persecution against us. We
see these other groups waving People’s Republic of China flags near Taipei
101, but the police seldom detain or arrest them. The police deliberately
target pro-independence groups.”
“We have the right to hold protests and to express our views. We also have
the right to refuse police requests to give our names, but they still wanted
to make arrests. It goes against the freedom, and human rights guaranteed in
the Constitution; that was why our members tried to resist arrest,” Tsua
added. “The police actions were based on training and attitudes they
received when the nation was under martial law.”