Civil Movement occupies Ministry of Interior

Following Taiwan Rural Front’s (台灣農村陣線) Sunday-night protest rally titled “818 Tear down the government,” protesters congregated at the Joint Central Government Building (中央聯合辦公大樓) complex on Xuzhou Rd, where they quickly encircled the Ministry of Interior. A large police presence moved swiftly to prevent protestors entering the building’s interior. After protestors proceeded to cover the building with “Today tear down Dapu, tomorrow tear down the government” stickers, Taiwan Rural Front reminded everyone that it was a non-violent sit-in protest. “

When the Land Expropriation Act was sent to the Legislative Yuan backroom negotiation, there was a complete disregard for civil opinion. This has given rise to the Dapu incident and countless other similar incidents around the country. With such dictatorial rule, our occupation has absolute legitimacy,” said Liao Pen-chuan (廖本全), an associate professor at National Taipei University.

Foot soldiers from Taiwan Rural Front besieged the Supreme Prosecutors Office (最高法院檢察署) where they denounced Miaoli County Commissioner Liu Cheng-hung (劉政鴻) for alleged abuse of power and called for a special investigation into his part in the three major crimes of bribery; profiteering; and the amassing illicit wealth. In a further show of defiance that revealed the growing indignation towards government attitudes and policy, protesters joined together outside the Joint Central Government Building, and on top of a massive mural depicting rice fields added the slogan “Tear down the corrupt government.”

Civil Movement occupies Ministry of Interior
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公民行動19日農陣佔領內政部

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由台灣農村陣線所發起的「818拆政府行動－把國家還給人民」晚會的民眾，到北市徐州路的中央聯合辦公大樓前，突宣布要包圍內政部，有近千名民眾跨過圍牆，把大樓團團圍住，大批警力則進駐阻止民眾進入辦公大樓內，也有許多抗議民眾把「今天拆大埔、明天拆政府」貼紙貼在大樓門外。

台灣農村陣線提醒民眾要有秩序靜坐、用非暴力方式抗爭，台北大學教授廖本全表示，當年修土地徵收條例，送進立院密室協商通過，並未接受民間版本，造成大埔事件及全國諸多類似事件不斷發生，豺狼治國，今天佔領有絕對的正當性。

農陣並到最高檢察署遞狀告發劉涉嫌藉勢藉端勒索、圖利及財產來源不明等3大罪狀，要求特偵組查辦。抗議民眾在中央聯合辦公大樓外四周席地而坐，還在內政部大門內部的磚地上漆畫了一幅稻穗的地景彩繪，貼上「拆政腐」等標語已示憤怒。