Hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese on Tuesday took to the
streets for a grand rally in Taipei calling for the resignation of
local leader Chen Shui-bian. They wore red, carried banners and
shouted slogans.
According to Taiwan local media the protesters wore red clothes
and red caps and began the march early in the morning. Some also
wore red headbands and red gloves and carried anti-Chen
banners.
Led by rally leader Shih Ming-teh, a former member of Chen's
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), protesters surrounded Chen
Shui-bian's compound shouting slogans calling for him to be ousted
and gave the scandal-dogged leader a very firm thumbs down. The
demonstrators also called for action to oust DPP members from the
local "Legislative Yuan."
According to Shih's plan, if Chen Shui-bian doesn't respond
quickly to the resignation call, protesters will stage a mass
sit-in to continue the fight.
(Xinhua News Agency October 11, 2006)