Pro-Taiwan groups on Friday gathered outside the court demanding that Cheng apologize, and some engaged in shouting matches with pro-unification groups, who came to support Cheng. People line up to pay their respects to former president Lee Teng-hui at the Taipei Guest House yesterday. The Taiwan Solidarity Union yesterday issued a statement condemning Lisa Cheng’s. Lisa Cheng’s action has provoked anger, “as people see her heart as full of hatred,” the Taiwan Republic Office said in a statement. Lisa Cheng’s beliefs are a result of decades of brainwashing by the former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime, which filled her mind with hatred, it said.

Source: Taipei Times August 15, 2020 15:56 UTC