2013年8月5日星期一

Reports from more countries: Taiwan protest over Hung Chung-chiu death

l'Hebdo
http://www.hebdo.ch/news/société/taipei-manifestation-géante-après-la-mort-dun-jeune-appelé

◎ Australia：
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-04/an-mass-protest-in-taiwan-over-young-conscript27s-death/4863550

◎Frence：
http://www.france24.com/en/20130803-mass-protest-taiwan-over-young-conscripts-death
Tapei: 年輕士兵之死引發大規模示威(video)
http://www.20minutes.fr/tv/afp-actus/80433-taipei-manifestation-geante-apres-la-mort-d-un-jeune-appele

◎ Finland：http://yle.fi/uutiset/sotilaan_simputuskuolema_sai_kymmenettuhannet_kaduille_taiwanissa/6761962

◎ Japan：http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20130803-00000109-jij-cn&1375541892

◎ Sweden：http://www.metro.se/nyheter/massprotester-i-taiwan-efter-dod/Hdzmhc!iqXq9XeWbG33ivBi@uZYAQ/

◎ Germany：http://www.zeit.de/news/2013-08/03/taiwan-massenproteste-in-taiwan-nach-tod-eines-jungen-soldaten-03153403

◎ Italy：http://www.tmnews.it/web/sezioni/video/taiwan-proteste-per-la-morte-di-un-soldato-vittima-di-nonnismo-20130803_video_18445628.shtml

Taiwan protest over Hung Chung-chiu death

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23561244

3 August 2013 Last updated at 13:37 GMT

Taiwan protest over Hung Chung-chiu death

Protesters say they are not convinced the investigation is sincere

Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Taiwan's capital, Taipei, to protest against the treatment of a young army conscript who died after being punished for misconduct.

Some 18 army officers, including a major-general, have already been charged in connection with the case.

The defence minister has also resigned.

Hung Chung-chiu, 24, was only three days away from completing his military service when he died of organ failure brought on by heatstroke.

Mass protest in Taiwan over young conscript's death

Published August 03, 2013

AFP

Taiwanese protesters hold placards during an anti-military rally in front of the presidential office in Taipei, on August 3, 2013. (AFP)
A Taiwanese protester holds a placard -- detailing a case involving a young conscript who died after alleged abuse while serving with the military -- during a rally in Taipei, on August 3, 2013. More than 100,000 Taiwanese people have demonstrated in protest over the death of a young conscript who was allegedly abused in the military. (AFP)
Taiwanese protesters shout slogans and hold placards during an anti-military rally in Taipei, on August 3, 2013. More than 100,000 Taiwanese people have demonstrated in protest over the death of a young conscript who was allegedly abused in the military. (AFP)

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TAIPEI (AFP) – More than 100,000 Taiwanese people took to the streets Saturday in protest over the death of a young conscript who was allegedly abused in the military.

Singing a Taiwanese take on the revolutionary song "Do you hear the people sing?" from the hit musical "Les Miserables", protesters rallied at a square near the presidential office in Taipei, mostly dressed in white -- a colour symbolising truth in local culture.

It was the second mass protest since Corporal Hung Chung-chiu died of heatstroke on July 4 -- apparently after being forced to exercise excessively as punishment for taking a smartphone onto his base -- just three days before the end of his compulsory year-long military service.

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Corporal Hung Send-Off Assembly: Streets of Kai-Da fill up as Angry Taiwanese Citizens Demand for Truth, Criminal Punishment, and Judicial Reform!

For almost a month, under suspicious internal military evils, Corporal Hung is highly believed to have died on collective military abuse. Ultra-high media attention surrounded the military, the public, and all corners of this nation. Internal affairs investigations began 2 weeks after the incident, with contradictory statements, wavering attitude, and conflicting evidence, were appalling, ineffective, and disappointing. Even when Hung’s older sister, Hung Tzi-Yung, presented the audio evidence, that Officer Wu Yi-Chu admitted to the accused officers of buying drinks for the hospital in order to expedite the processing of his health check-up report, Chief of Military Internal Affairs Tsao Jing-Shen blurted, “we were caught off-guard and ambushed”. Taiwanese citizens seethed in anger, disappointment, and all forms of negative emotions, as we watched the lukewarm efforts of investigation, clumsy handling of details, and lack of neutrality. This is an utter insult at democracy and the rights of each individual in this developed country!!

Our pleas for military personnel to be tried under civilian court during peace times, had been shamelessly vetoed by the ruling party in the Legislative Yuan. This is not in sync with the guarantee of President Ma’s affirmative statement to Hung’s family, in which he said, and we quote, “I got this.” As Chief commanding officer of the Taiwanese Navy, Army, and Air Force, his open statement, like a faulty check to the bank, has bounced beyond comprehension, sympathy, and any room for compromise. His heart, has hardened, and ears, deaf, to the pleas of his people for justice. Today, we stand on the streets of Kai-Da as we scream our discontent. There is no room for compromise, for flashy political displays, for scapegoats, and certainly not from the second-term President Ma.

No truth, no forgiveness!

So many details, and yet so many questions..speculations…and flaws…:

What happened to the 80 minute footage that was lost from the solitary confinement surveillance cameras? Medical experts strong lean towards suspicion of forced excessive water intake! Why have they not probed on this point as one of the clues to investigation?
16 surveillance cameras simultaneously lost visual during the vital 80 minutes. Yet prior and after the 80 minutes, all were operational and well. Military authorities fabricated one lie after another. First the “lightning cut the power”. Then the “audio only” talks. Now we have the “input-output wires are old and in need of repair” talks. One after another, debunking ensued, and with each retreat, the military had a new theory or rebuttal in play.
Was the death of Cpl Hung done by one single person? Or was it collective, like hounds chasing down a prey in the wild? Were they operating from the command of someone higher ranking behind the scenes? Reducing collateral damage, bringing in lower ranking officials as scapegoats, and ending the problem? That we can not allow.
On August 1st, 2013, the four accused officers were let off on bail, with Officer Chen Yi-Shun with the highest bail of 150,000 NTD. All four people are highly suspected to have synchronized their statements, but the military had a comeback statement, stating they are now deployed to different and separate military units. Therefore, according to them, there is no possibility of their scheming to make false statements. It is ridiculous and lack of understanding to the justice.

Justice must be served.

On August 1st, 2013, President Ma issued an official statement, informing the general public that he is unable to breach conventional rules in fear of disrupting the harmony of justice system. “My question to the people is this: in a country governed strictly by law, how can you ask the president to not abide and bind by the realm of the law?” This statement, while seemingly reasonable and logical, is not in conformity with the current national situation and demands of reality. League of Citizen11985 was formed under such environment and conditions.

Since the current justice infrastructure of Taiwan lacks public credibility, the social movement is warranted and naturally spawned, in a concerted effort to push and pull for political dynamics to make the proper political changes in law reforms. This league strongly upholds the notion, that President Ma’s statement highlights the major flaws in current judicial infrastructure and procedures that are in dire need of changes, reconstruction, and reform. Quite puzzling indeed, to see that the highest person in command of the nation’s military, which by democratic default, is the President, to say he is unable to work with the legislative Yuan (equivalent to Congress or Parliament of other countries) to make solid and necessary changes. Instead, he regressed to his all-too-familiar ploy: make an oral promise and leave it at that. Such response saddens the nation as the people thirst and crave for the truth. Today, we the people, hand down the gauntlet – an ultimatum, to the nation’s government – learn, like other developed countries of the world, to close down internal affairs investigation branch within the military unit, and hand those reins to the judicial branch of the government.

If the people feel strained in the exercise of this show of collective voice, then that means the government and military forces can sleep easily and move on with their lives, for they have, as an old song once said, “they got the whole~world, in his hands”. If today’s display of restrained anger, rational pleas for reform, and mass media attention, can not soften the hearts of those who rule our nation, then we are afraid, nothing can stop this gigantic monster that has crawled out of this chaos.

We sincerely thank all those people who have donated their energy, finances, and time to the cause. Justice sticker charity drive part 2 has officially ended and sold out. Please refrain from wiring any money transfers to our account. Pre-ordered people can head to the pre-ordered booth for your products with a transcript of your wire transfer. Thank you. And we hope to see you all on August 3rd, 2013, to revive and stimulate the dormant justice in face of military and central government branch’s jaded and passive responses.

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2013年6月27日星期四

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正所謂「君子報仇三年不晚」，澳洲前總理陸克文在執政黨工黨黨魁首之爭中，打敗現任總理吉拉德，報了3年前被逼宮之仇，奪回黨魁一職，也順利回鍋總理。

2010年遭到吉拉德（Julia Gillard）逼退的陸克文（Kevin Rudd），26日在勞工黨籍國會議員進行的選舉中，以57對45票勝選。吉拉德也在稍後宣布，9月大選之後退出政壇。吉拉德會見澳洲總督布萊斯（Quentin Bryce），提出辭呈，並推薦陸克文回任總理，此時距陸克文遭黨內逼退正好3年又2天。

工黨在澳洲國會眾議院總席次150席占有71席，並依賴綠黨與無黨籍議員支持而維持過半優勢。吉拉德執政期間力推社福改革，儘管澳洲經濟成長穩定，失業率也維持低水平，但選民對她於違背工黨競選承諾，開徵碳排放稅一事而深感不滿。

民調顯示，眾院改選工黨可能失去35席，將政權拱手讓給保守派反對陣營。因此，黨內要角多半將陸克文視為工黨能夠繼續執政的最佳希望。

現年55歲的陸克文，出身外交官，大學主修中國歷史與中國文學，1980年曾到台灣師範大學學習中文；進入澳洲外交部後，1984年轉派駐北京，專責分析大陸政治及經濟形勢，因而成為西方政治領袖中最精通中文者。

2007年眾院改選，他率領工黨大勝執政的「自由黨─國家黨」聯盟，將當時總理霍華德(John Winston Howard)拉下台，12月首度出任總理。2010年6月，時任副總理兼教育與就業部長的吉拉德，為挽救工黨急挫的支持率，發動黨魁改選，陸克文自知大勢已去，主動宣布辭職，後轉任外交部長。