Thousands of students in Taiwan have stormed and occupied the Ministry of Education to demand an end to the proposed implementation of a China-centric teaching curriculum tomorrow. (July 31)
High School student Dai Lin (林冠華)the spokesperson for the Anti-Curriculum Changes Alliance has committed suicide.
Yesterday Lin was found dead in his room with a grill burning coal and the windows sealed with tape.
Lin, one of the protesters arrested on Thursday night last week after entering the Ministry of Education building to protest against the ministry’s controversial adjustments to high-school curriculum guidelines, was facing criminal charges after being released on NT$20,000 bail on Friday.
The alliance, made up of college professors, high-school teachers and a number of civic groups, said that the protests were unable to gain the ministry’s attention and the students’ hands were forced, adding that their subsequent efforts have been met with persecution.
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Video report from Sunday (Aug 2nd) by Revolution News Taiwan correspondent Sky Lee
週日佔領爆發中! #ChinaCentric #BrainwashCurriculum is not OK! Sunday 3pm, #Taiwan parents & teachers walk out to support the…
Posted by Sky Lee on Sunday, August 2, 2015
Video report from Friday morning by Revolution News Taiwan correspondent Sky Lee.
#ChinaCentric #BrainwashCurriculum #反洗腦課綱(8)Occupy MOE 801Yesterday, High School student Dai Lin (林冠華) the…
Posted by Sky Lee on Thursday, July 30, 2015
High schoolers just went inside Legislative Yuan. They demand MOE minister to step down & stop faking. #Taiwan pic.twitter.com/R1Hhk0cb23
— Ketty W. Chen (@HelloKetty1998) July 30, 2015
For more background, here are video reports of recent student protest, by Revolution News Taiwan correspondent Sky Lee.
Report from July 5th
Can White paint Black into White? Can Chinese turn Taiwanese into Chinese? #台灣 #反黑箱課綱 #反洗腦課綱 Anti Brainwash…
Posted by Sky Lee on Sunday, July 5, 2015
Report from July 22nd 3pm.
#ChinaCentric #反黑箱課綱 #反洗腦課綱 3pm, 0722015, #Taiwan high school students are calling people to help stop brainwashing…
Posted by Sky Lee on Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Report from July 22nd 10pm.
#ChinaCentric #反黑箱課綱 #反洗腦課綱 10pm, 0722015, #Taiwan high school students are calling people to help stop brainwashing…
Posted by Sky Lee on Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Video of Thursday the 23rd occupation of the Ministry of Education.
警察是這樣對待手無寸鐵的學生的
Posted by Fanny Tsai on Thursday, July 23, 2015
