An anti-ractopamine protester was yesterday morning removed from a rally in Kaohsiung after interrupting a speech by Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌).
No Ractopamine and No Toxic Pork Alliance spokesman Lee Chien-cheng (李建誠) said that he was scratched by police and security officials when they attempted to remove him after he interrupted Su at a rally in the city’s Fongshan District (鳳山).
Su was encouraging people to vote “no” on four of next month’s referendums when Lee, leading a group of protesters, rushed to the stage and unfurled a banner with the slogan “No Toxic Pork.”
Su appeared unfazed.
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The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) would only push for the two referendum items initiated by the party’s lawmakers, and it would respect and assist, but not support, the other two referendum proposals brought by civic groups, KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said yesterday.
On the ballot on Dec. 18 are to be questions on banning the importation of pork containing traces of the leanness-enhancing additive ractopamine, relocation of a liquefied natural gas terminal to protect algal reefs off Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音), activating the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮) and holding referendums alongside elections.
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