Source: World Wide Web
According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network," the fire in Kaohsiung's "city within a city" caused 46 deaths, and many people on the island went to the Kaohsiung city government today (25 April) afternoon to pull up banners to protest and demand that Mayor Chen Qimai step down. Chen Kewen, the chief secretary of the Kaohsiung Municipal Government's Research and Development Evaluation Committee, came forward to accept the complaint, but the protesters thought the move was perfunctory and said that if Chen Qimai stepped down, there would be new protests.
Screenshot of Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network" report
According to reports, because no application was made for the protests, the local police Lingya sub-bureau dispatched hundreds of police forces to the square in front of the municipal government at noon today, and traffic restrictions were also carried out around the municipal government.
People on the island protested today in front of the Kaohsiung city government and demanded that Mayor Chen Qimai take charge of stepping down for the "city within a city" fire. Picture from Taiwan's "China Times News Network"
According to the report, Qiu Yuxuan, a member of the Kaohsiung City Council of the Kuomintang, also came to the scene to express support, she said that everyone's demands have nothing to do with blue and green, it is a manifestation of "responsibility politics", and now Chen Qimai should not deny what he said in the past, when he criticized Hu Zhiqiang for stepping down and taking responsibility, now it is his turn not to step down.
Qiu Yuxuan criticized, "Isn't it two years to fight for four years? Why spell out the worst fire in Kaohsiung's history? The "City within a City" incident, aside from the suspicion of arson, is obviously a man-made disaster, and the functions of the Kaohsiung Municipal Government's social policy, civil affairs, public safety, fire protection, and urban development are completely dysfunctional.
Xu Shangxian, a spokesman for the group that previously ousted Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie, ridiculed Chen Qimai for boasting that he was "hanging on his life" (described in Japanese as desperate), but the Kaohsiung City Government disregarded public safety and recklessly killed people, leaving Kaohsiung people "with their lives hanging on the line" and burning 46 innocent people in the "city within the city".
The report mentioned that the protesters also asked Chen Kewen, who came forward to accept the confession, "When will Chen Qimai step down?" Chen Kewen only smiled awkwardly at the scene, and then returned to the city government under the escort of the police.
The report finally mentioned that Almond Brother, an "internet celebrity" on the island who participated in the protest, said that if Chen Qimai did not step down, they would launch several waves of protest actions in the future. At the end of the event, the police twice raised a sign to warn, triggering the protest against the people's dissatisfaction, and the two sides once had a small-scale push and squeeze clash, and the protest finally ended peacefully.