Taipei, July 31 (CNA) Fourteen people were released after questioning in Taichung Saturday for allegedly vandalizing murals at the city's Rainbow Village tourist site, according to local police.
Taichung police on Saturday released 14 people suspected of vandalizing murals at the city’s Rainbow Village tourist site.
The village contains murals and other street art by 98-year-old veteran Huang Yung-fu (黃永阜), who in 2008 started painting on the buildings of a military dependents’ village that were slated for demolition.
Police said that 14 workers from Rainbow Creative Co, which the Taichung City Government contracted in 2013 to maintain the designated cultural landmark, including company head Wei Pi-jen (魏丕仁), were caught painting over Huang’s murals.
Taichung prosecutors are investigating.
Wei told local media that the action was to protest the government’s unilateral decision to