Police forcibly remove Chiang-Tsui “tree-sitter” after 12 days

In the early hours of April 8th, as tree-protection activists at Chiang-Tsui Junior High School (江翠國中) entered their 269th hour, police entered the site and removed not only the activists’ makeshift camp, but also the activists’ placards and a selection of schoolchildren’s drawings in support of the protest. On top of this, the officers also removed daily-living provisions and a hand-built rain shelter of environmental activist Pan Han-chiang (潘翰疆), forcing tree activists to temporarily suspended a scheduled press conference.

At around 11am, amid the cry of protests, police issued a warning, informing activists that they were violating the Assembly and Parade Act (集會遊行法); activists Wang Chung-ming (王鐘銘) and Pan Han-sheng (潘翰聲) were subsequently arrested. An attempt by construction workers to seize Pan Han-chiang from the tree forced him out onto perilously high branches; when construction workers began shaking the branches in an attempt to knock Pan out of the tree, activists on the ground began vehemently protesting, stating that this was clearly beyond the jurisdiction of construction workers. At this point, the police stepped in, sending two officers up in a cherry picker to apprehend him, before sending him to the county hospital for a medical checkup.

Police forcibly remove Chiang-Tsui “tree-sitter” after 12 days
URL:http://www.peopo.org/news/110295

(以下是中文對照)
肉身護樹12天 江翠護樹志工遭警強制驅離

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8日上午，新北市板橋江翠國中護樹行動進入第269小時，警方在一早就派員清除護樹志工們於校園圍牆外搭設的帳棚，許多聲援團體所製作的布條與學生團體繪製的樹海願景圖畫也一併被警方清空，並將待在樹上守夜的志工潘翰疆所仰賴的生活用品與徒手搭設的防雨設施全數清除，稍後聲援護樹行動志工原定召開的記者會，也因此暫停；現場民眾呼喊口號，警方於11時，舉牌警告違反集會遊行法；將現場聲援的志工潘翰聲與王鐘銘逮捕，並由包商工人爬上樹幹將潘翰疆驅趕到樹幹尾端，並搖晃樹枝；一旁聲援的護樹民眾大喊包商沒有權利趕人後；才由兩名警察搭乘升降吊掛車，將潘翰疆帶下老樹，並送往縣立醫院檢查身體狀況。