｜ At the time, both Mao Kao-wen and Sun Chen said that the location of the sit-in was part of NTU’s campus and that they would now allow the military police on campus. By the evening, a large number of military police officers began locking down the Bo’ai Special Zone and the area around the NTU’s College of Medicine and the National Taiwan University Hospital. Anyone passing by or entering National Taiwan University Hospital would have to be interrogated. By 8 p.m., all access to NTU’s College of Medicine and the National Taiwan University Hospital was restricted. Personnel were only allowed to leave but not to enter. The only place the military police did not dare to lock down was National Taiwan University Hospital’s emergency room. Alliance members like Chen Cheng-jan and Chung Chia-pin had anticipated this and made preparations ahead of time. They had pre- pared many doctors’ white coats so that those who needed to move in and out of the area could do so from the emergency room. There was also an underground secret passage from the emergency room to the Basic Medical Science Building that was not guarded by the military police. The passage took one from the emergency room down an elevator to the morgue, through the morgue, and into the Basic Medical Science Building. That night, all the supplies, equipment, and tools needed for the demonstration were transported through the morgue. A Storm Was Brewing as the Military Police Showed Up in Larger Numbers After midnight, with the National Day Military Parade nearing, more security forces and police vehicles October 10, 1991: NTU Professor Chang Chung-tung being dragged away by the police. Photographer: Huang Yi-shu October 10, 1991: Right after midnight, the police began dragging protesters away by force. Photographer: Huang Yi-shu 114 surrounded the Basic Medical Science Building. A storm was brewing, and the situation was escalating fast. There were about 600 people from activist groups out on the terrace of the building. The command center asked them all to retreat inside the Basic Medical Science Building. In addition, 110 NTU professors and doctors sat on the front line, with NTU students flanking them on the left and right. They guarded Lee Chen-yuan, who sat at the center. On the 10th, 25 minutes past midnight, Captain Chang Chi of the Chengzhong Precinct, Taipei Police Department issued the first warning, telling the alliance that they were in violation of the Assembly and Parade Act. Lin Tsung-cheng retorted Chapter 3 ｜ Protest: The Crucial 20 Days that Chang Chi was in violation of the Constitution for violating university autonomy. At 12:55 a.m., the police issued a second warning. Ten minutes later, a third warning was issued. At 1:20 a.m., without seeking permission from the NTU President, Chang Chi led a large group of police into NTU’s Basic Medical Science Building. This first wave of forceful dispersal was directed at the students. Those directing the movement told the students to link arms and lie backwards, to neither resist nor obey the officers. Meanwhile, the students loudly sang songs like Victory for the People and Brave Taiwanese. The police were swift and forceful, one by one, row by row, the students were pulled apart and dragged away from the scene. At 1:28 a.m., the SWAT team stormed the area where the professors were sitting and took away their microphones and megaphones. Incensed, Lee Chen-yuan stood up and yelled, “Take me away then! I am not afraid!” When he saw female students being dragged roughly, Lee Chen-yuan captured the scene with his V8 camera as he angrily yelled “how shameful!” At 1:32 a.m., the police began a second wave of forceful dispersal. Over 100 students sitting to the right of the terrace were dragged away. After the students were dragged away, they were thrown in riot vehicles and dropped off at areas like Section 5, Xinyi Road and the NTU main campus on Section 4, October 10, 1991: Rev. Lin Tsung-cheng negotiating with the police. Photographer: Pan Hsiao-hsia 115