Dapu farmers clash with police after alleged broken government promises

Two years ago, the land acquisition dispute that broke out in Miaoli County shocked citizens both home and abroad. At the time, Wu Den-yih (吳敦義), who was then Premier of the Executive Yuan, said that homes of the four farmers from Dapu farmers' self-help association (大埔自救會) would be saved. However, this year on the 24th July the Ministry of the Interior passed a resolution to remove these four homes. According to Taiwan Rural Front (台灣農村陣線), the acting chairperson Jian Tai-lang（簡太郎） misled members with incorrect information, and openly lied when he declared that the problems of Dapu had been solved. Furthermore, following objections from a number of members, he bypassed the voting procedure and made a decision that cleared the way to demolish the homes of Dapu farmers' self-help association members Peng Xiu-Chun（彭秀春）, Zhu Shu （朱樹）and He Cheng-Fu (柯成福). In a similar fashion, he refused to retain the land of farmer Huang Fu-Ji（黃福記).  On the 7th August, Taiwan Rural Front marched to the Construction and Planning Agency, Ministry of the Interior（內政部營建署）, where they demanded Wu Den-yih’s policy directives retain the homes of the aforementioned farmers. Deeply angered that these homes are nearing the time of demolition, farmers and students demanded admittance to attend the Urban Renewal Committee meeting and open media filming. The Ministry of the Interior rejected the request and a scuffle with police ensued, where the police used signs to warn the protestors. With the aim of forcing their way into the venue, in great solidarity, the students took the opportunity to attempt jumping an iron gate encircling the compound. The police’s use of shields to block the powerful surge of protestors resulted in pandemonium and an extremely tense situation arose. Two students were arrested on the spot and an old farmer was injured.

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Dapu farmers clash with police after alleged broken government promises(by CJ smbigsun)
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大埔農民控政府失信，爆警民衝突 ( 欖仁居修行生活網)

兩年前苗栗縣大埔爆發生令國內外震驚的徵地爭議，當時擔任行政院長的吳敦義曾出面指示，將大埔自救會4戶農民房屋原地保留，但內政部卻在今年7月24日再度決議將這四戶拆除，據台灣農村陣線聯盟指出：擔任主席的簡太郎使用錯誤資訊，公然說謊宣稱大埔問題都已解決，誤導委員，且在有委員明確提出反對意見下，逕自省略表決做出拆除大埔自救會成員彭秀春、朱樹、柯成福房屋，及不予原地保留黃福記土地的結論。台灣農村陣線8月7日上午前往內政部營建署外，要求兌現吳敦義所做的政策指示，保留大埔自救會成員的房屋。農民及學生們不滿房屋即將被拆，要求參加早上都市更新委員會的會議，並開放媒體拍攝，但不為內政部所接受，因此與警方爆發數度的推擠，警方兩度舉牌警告。聲援學生因此趁機趁跡試圖翻鐵門硬闖進入會場，被警方以盾牌阻擋形成強力拉扯，場面一度極為混亂緊張，有兩名學生因此當場被警方逮捕，另有一名老農民也受到擦傷。

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