PETTY CRACKDOWNSNot to be outdone, local governments also lashed out at the migrant workers. ICRT Central Taiwan reporter Courtney Donovan Smith observed that those two counties have a long history of targeting migrant workers for police harassment and petty crackdowns. Silence, because migrant workers are disposable commodities to them. Remember, whatever happens to migrant workers, can happen to you. Notes from Central Taiwan is a column written by long-term resident Michael Turton, who provides incisive commentary informed by three decades of living in and writing about his adoptive country.

Source: Taipei Times June 13, 2021 15:56 UTC