Taiwanese Lawmaker Carried Away for Demanding That China Scrap New Flight Route
The Home Affairs Committee meeting in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan on Tuesday, March 31, was disrupted when a lawmaker from the Taiwan Solidarity Union, an anti-China political party, was carried away after accusing the government of being a “traitor” to the country.
A video and three images were posted to lawmaker Chou Ni-an’s Facebook page showing her protest against the ruling Kuomintang party’s veto of a Taiwan Solidarity Union proposal on March 31. The proposal demanded that the Mainland Affairs Council of Taiwan pressure China to scrap the newly-launched M503 flight route. This video shows Chou being carried away at around minute 1:20.
The Taiwan Solidarity Union has organized a series of demonstrations since Saturday, March 28, over China’s new flight route over the Taiwan Strait and the government’s failure to stand up to Beijing. The party’s criticism of Taiwan’s relationship with China escalated further when Taiwan’s Office of the President applied to join the Beijing-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Tuesday, March 31.
The M503 flight route, implemented on Sunday, March 29, is one of four new air routes launched along China’s southeast coast to ease air traffic over Yangtze River and Pearl River delta area. Around 33 planes are expected to use that route daily. Credit: Facebook/tsu.chounian
