Dapu Case

Dapu Case

At 10:30 a.m. on the morning of 25th July, personages from film, music, culture and art circles rallied outside Taipei Guest House (台北賓館) in support of the Dapu cause. In the much-publicized Dapu expropriation case, central authorities promised to return expropriated farmland and desist from demolishing people’s homes. Despite the promise, on the July 18, Miaoli County Commissioner Liu Cheng-hung (劉政鴻) gave the order to forcibly demolish the homes and expropriate the land, provoking a fierce backlash from people in all circles of life.

At a press conference on July 25, the one-week anniversary of the day, movie directors and people from the arts community initiated "Arts Community Support Dapu,” where the government was condemned for indiscriminately expropriating land and demolishing Dapu homes. Workers in the arts community warned that should the government continue to ignore the four main demands of the Dapu Self-Help Organization, in the practice of everyday life and work, in performances and speeches, on Facebook and in creative works, a call will be sent out for mass civil disobedience with regards to all engagements with senior government officials - "Today demolish Dapu, tomorrow demolish the government".

The Dapu demolitions incident has deeply concerned all those in the Taiwanese movie world, and at a press conference the launch of "Dapu Mobile Movie Theatre" was announced. This Saturday evening (27th), on the now vacant site of the Chang Pharmacy (張藥房), Chan Ching-Lin’s (詹京霖) A Breath From The Bottom (狀況排除), which won him Best Director at 2013 Taipei Film Festival will be screening; the film is based around the destruction of paddy fields in Dapu three years ago.

Deterioration in democracy rouses art community to support protests over forced Dapu demolitions
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/114334

Miaoli County residents rally to Dapu anti-demolition cause
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/114296

Dapu Chang Pharmacy (張藥房) charged NT$242,000 ($8,089) moving fee!
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/114229

“Today the Chang Pharmacy, tomorrow your home,” warns Professor Hsu Shih-jung
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/114220

(以下是中文對照)

藝文界聲援抗議強拆大埔 剷除台灣民主

苗栗縣推廣高接梨 場內外聲援大埔民眾集結抗議強拆

大埔張藥房遷移費 要價24萬2千元！

今天拆張藥房,明天拆你家!!!訪徐世榮教授

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25日上午10時30分在台北賓館門口，電影界、音樂界、文學界、藝術界人士皆來聲援大埔案。備受關注的苗栗大埔徵收案，在中央縱容、自毀「還地於農、原屋原地保留」承諾後，苗栗縣長劉政鴻於7月18日強拆大埔民宅，強取土地、圖利地方派系樁腳，引發社會各界反彈。7月25日是劉政鴻強拆大埔屆滿一週的日子，電影導演與文化工作者發起「藝文界聲援大埔」記者會，譴責政府浮濫徵地、強拆大埔，聲援失去家園與土地的大埔民眾。

記者會上，藝文工作者共同宣布，在政府仍不顧落實自救會四大訴求的日子裡，將在日常生活與工作中實踐，聲援大埔居民，在演出演講時、在臉書上、以創作、以各式行動問候政府高官、號召各界加入公民不服從行動，「今天拆大埔、明天拆政府」。自大埔強拆事件發生以來，深受電影界關切，記者會上宣布發起「大埔行動電影院」，這週六(27日)晚間將在被強拆的張藥局家原址，放映今年台北電影獎最佳導演詹京霖的影片「狀況排除」，該片以三年前大埔毀田事件為背景。