AP, Beijing :
Prosecutors in Taiwan’s capital have indicted 119 people over the occupation of the legislature and cabinet offices in a protest against a proposed agreement to loosen trade restrictions with rival China.
Those indicted included leaders of the three week-long protests that broke out last March and attracted hundreds of people, many of them university students. They stand accused of mainly minor charges of trespassing, obstructing public duties and violating laws on parades and assembly, according to the statement of indictment posted to the Taipei city prosecutor’s office on Tuesday.
Prosecutors in Taiwan’s capital have indicted 119 people over the occupation of the legislature and cabinet offices in a protest against a proposed agreement to loosen trade restrictions with rival China.
Those indicted included leaders of the three week-long protests that broke out last March and attracted hundreds of people, many of them university students. They stand accused of mainly minor charges of trespassing, obstructing public duties and violating laws on parades and assembly, according to the statement of indictment posted to the Taipei city prosecutor’s office on Tuesday.
