An indigenous community in Hualien County voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to extend the mining rights of Asia Cement Corp in the county’s Sincheng Township (新城).
Those opposed to the plan said that legal procedures were not observed, and they would continue to fight against the company’s efforts to mine marble in the area.
The Bsngan community, which comprises six indigenous groups living near the mining site, said that the referendum followed proper procedures, showing that 294 households voted for the mining extension, with 45 households against.
Voter turnout was also more than the required 50 percent threshold, with 374 of the 555 Bsngan
Taipei, Feb. 12 (CNA) An Indigenous community in Hualien voted overwhelmingly Saturday in favor of extending the mining rights of Asia Cement Corp. in the county's Xincheng Township.
The Council of Grand Justices on Monday heard a legal debate on whether it is unconstitutional to place limitations on recognizing the offspring of a marriage between a Han and an indigenous person as an indigenous person.
Wu Hsin-yang (吳欣陽), a lawyer, and his spouse, Cheng Chuan-ju (鄭川如), a Truku associate professor of law at Fu Jen Catholic University, said that certain provisions in the Status Act for Indigenous Peoples (原住民身分法) contravened the Constitution.
Wu and Cheng were campaigning on behalf of their seven-year-old daughter, Wu Juo-shao (吳若韶), whom they hope to register as an indigenous person.
Lawyer Ma Jun-ming (馬潤明),
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