NTU quashes students’ transitional justice proposalBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporterNational Taiwan University (NTU) yesterday rejected a proposal by students to establish a transitional justice task force to deal with authoritarian symbols on campus and review the school’s history. The NTU Student Association proposed that historical researchers and representatives from the Gallery of NTU History, as well as students and faculty from each college, could be invited to form a campus transitional justice task force. Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei TimesAfter a university affairs meeting yesterday, NTU Student Association president Tu Chun-ching told reporters that the proposal had been voted on and rejected. “Many people mistakenly believe that the transitional justice task force would lead to political struggle and chaos,” he said. NTU vice president Chou Chia-pei (周家蓓) told a news conference that 109 people had voted against the students’ proposal and 24 had voted for it.

Source: Taipei Times June 13, 2020 15:56 UTC