By Jason Pan / Staff reporterSeveral academics and members of pro-independence organizations yesterday expressed their support for prominent activist Tsay Ting-kuei (蔡丁貴), urging the government not to incarcerate him. Earlier this month, the 67-year-old chairman of the Free Taiwan Party and former professor of civil engineering received a court notice summoning him to start serving his 30-day jail term. Premier Lin Chuan (林全) dropped the charges against Sunflower movement protesters due to the nature of their complaints, and he should do the same for Tsay, since Tsay is a “political prisoner” fighting to further freedom and democracy in Taiwan, Taiwan Society chairman Chang Yeh-sen (張葉森) said. “It is unfortunate that the Chinese colonial regime’s rule over Taiwanese was not terminated when we had a new government in the last election. We support Tsay in challenging the ‘official’ government viewpoints and his activities to topple the symbols of the KMT military dictatorship and its authoritarian rule over Taiwan,” Cheng said.

Source: Taipei Times September 13, 2016 16:02 UTC