By Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporterEnvironmental groups yesterday staged an “exorcism” in front of the Executive Yuan complex in Taipei in a bid to dispel what they called the air pollution and garbage problems “haunting” Yunlin County. Association of Yunlin Art, Culture and Ecology member Lin Fu-yuan (林富源) said Environmental Protection Administration Minister Lee Ying-yuan (李應元) and Yunlin County Commissioner Lee Chin-yung (李進勇) should do something about the air pollution caused by Formosa Petrochemical Corp’s naphtha cracker in Mailiao Township (麥寮). Taiwan Water Resources Protection Union director Jennifer Nien (粘麗玉) called on Premier William Lai (賴清德) to convene an ad hoc committee to tackle Yunlin County’s environmental problems. Lee Chin-yung should prohibit the company from burning coal and petroleum cakes, Taiwan Environmental Protection Union member Wu Li-hui (吳麗慧) said. Following the “exorcism,” the protesters marched to the Democratic Progressive Party’s headquarters, about 650m away, to submit a petition.

Source: Taipei Times September 19, 2017 15:56 UTC