1.媒體來源:
MalayMailOnline
2.完整新聞標題:
Student protester suicide deepens political row in Taiwan
TAIPEI, July 30 霠A student protester who was reportedly among 33 arrested
after breaking into the education ministry last week committed suicide today
as the row over the island's "China-centric" school curriculum deepened.
Taiwan's education minister was forced to make a statement in the wake of
the death of Lin Kuan-hua, 20, as opposition parties rounded on the government
for its controversial changes to the high school curriculum, which students
say favour China's view of the island's history.
Police said Lin committed suicide in his New Taipei City home this morning.
"Relatives have expressed that Lin was in a bad mood last night after returning
home from a meeting about the education ministry curriculum change,"
a statement from the ministry said.
Last week 30 protesters who broke into the ministry in the capital Taipei to
protest the curriculum changes were arrested. Three journalists were also
detained.
Local media reported that Lin, who dropped out of vocational school in June,
had been among them.
All face charges of breaching government premises and causing damage.
Lin's mother asked for other protesters not to follow his example.
"I hope all the children involved with the curriculum discussion will express
their opinion in an appropriate channel. I don't want to see another incident
happening like Kuan-hua," she said, sobbing, in a recording played to reporters
at a press conference held by the ministry.
She did not give any clue why Lin had taken his own life, or whether he left a
suicide note.
"He has become a happy angel 霠let him live on in our memories," she said.
Education Minister Wu Se-hwa of the ruling Beijing-friendly Kuomintang party
(KMT) visited Lin's family today.
"We really regret this incident and that we couldn't stop this from happening,"
Wu told reporters.
"This dispute has been going on for a while. It has something to do with the
history and even the national identity (of Taiwan)."
The student protests come at a time when tensions are running high over fears
that China is exerting greater influence over Taiwan.
The self-ruling island split from China in 1949 after a civil war on the
mainland, but Beijing still sees it as part of its territory awaiting
reunification, by force if necessary.
The KMT has forged a rapprochement with Beijing since current president
Ma Ying-jeou came to power in 2008, sparking public concern over closer ties.
The main opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) accused the KMT of being
"cold blooded" and said the party had tried to smear the student protest
campaign.
It called for the government to rescind the curriculum changes.
Huang Kun-hui, chairman of the anti-China Taiwan Solidarity Union,
said he was shocked and saddened by the death.
He demanded the education minister immediately drop charges against the
students and step down to take responsibility.
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5.備註
"此自治國家從1949年內戰後脫離中共，但北京一直視台灣為其領土一部份，
一直等待機會將其統一，必要時會以武力侵犯"
另 中央廣播電台英文新聞稿指出 此學生輕生事件與此學運事件本身無關聯
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