| Lu Hsiu-yi, battered, with his clothes all torn, refused to back down as he entered the Legislative Yuan for the third time to give Liang Su-yung a piece of his mind. The police was ordered to drag him off for a third time. Lu, refusing to give up, entered the chamber for the fourth time. He was again dragged away and quickly fainted in the break room. Tai Chen-yao, who as also beaten and battered, held Lu Hsiu-yi and cried out for help. Other DPP legislators struggled to bypass the police and rescue the two of them. They were rushed to National Taiwan University Hospital, where they were both hospitalized for serious injuries. Society was outraged at how elected legislators could be beaten by the police to the point of hospitalization. The incident fanned the flames of the already flaring movement “supporting amendments to depose the old thieves”. The DPP launched the April 17 March and tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Taipei. April 17, 1991: The DPP organized the April 17 March demanding constitutional amendments for re-election of public representatives. Photographer: Hsu Po-hsin Chapter 4 | Law Amendments: No More Political Prisoners

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