Anti-government protesters dog Taiwan National Day

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Anti-government protesters dog Taiwan National Day

Published on Oct 10, 2013

Activists holding placards with defaced images of Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou march along a street to protest against Mr Ma’s policies during National Day celebrations in Taipei on Thursday, Oct 10, 2013. Thousands of anti-government protesters gathered on the fringes of Taiwan’s carefully choreographed National Day celebrations on Thursday, waving banners and chanting slogans denouncing the policies of Mr Ma.

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TAIPEI (AP) – Thousands of anti-government protesters gathered on the fringes of Taiwan’s carefully choreographed National Day celebrations on Thursday, waving banners and chanting slogans denouncing the policies of President Ma Ying-jeou. The large-scale protests against his increasingly unpopular government were the first to dog the normally staid National Day observance since Mr Ma entered office in 2008. Police kept the estimated 10,000 protesters well away from the downtown Taipei plaza where Mr Ma delivered an address calling for Taiwan to improve its economic performance. He shared the podium and on occasion chatted comfortably with legislative speaker Wang Jin-pyng, whom Mr Ma has attempted to oust from both his job and from the ruling Nationalist Party over allegations that Mr Wang pressured prosecutors not to appeal the acquittal on influence peddling charges of an opposition lawmaker. But the attempts have backfired amid charges that Mr Ma colluded with high-level judicial officials to press his case against longstanding rival Mr Wang, and allegations have surfaced that the initial evidence against Mr Wang was gathered by an illegal wiretap conducted by an elite prosecutorial unit.

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