Residents protest compulsory land purchase / 反迫遷團體凱道抗議 促停止爭議徵收　　　　　　　　　　

On September 5, 40 self-help associations protested at the Presidential office. They asked the Tsai administration to immediately halt controversial demolition works and respond to their requests before September 25. Yet The Executive Yuan does not consider protesting an effective way to deal with the issues. On September 5, self-help associations across Taiwan protested at the Presidential Office. They asked the new government to immediately halt controversial demolition's. Among them, residents who live adjacent to the Kaohsiung Fruit and Vegetable Market accused Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chu of making them homeless. ==WU FU-HSIUNG, self-help association head== She torn down the housing complex on September 1. We two elders do not have anywhere to live. No one was willing to let us rent their houses. Now we can only go live with my 5 children in a tiny place. ==LIN YEN-TUNG, Taiwan Association for Human Rights== It does not matter whether the residents own the property or not. All these evictions were carried out without any concern for public welfare. The government made people leave their houses, victimized them, and even asked them to pay for this themselves. Protesters felt helpless as they watched their houses being torn down. They said the government continued to work on controversial building plans without considering their rights to habitation. Therefore, they believe that they had no choice but to protest over and over again to raise the government and the public's awareness. ==ALEX TUNG, Executive Yuan spokesperson== Protesting is a way to voice opinions, and the government respects it. However, it may not be the most effective way to express ideas. The government hopes that these problems can be rationally discussed through various communication channels. Self-help associations countered that they have tried all possible legal and administrative methods, and that they never received a kind response. They said that protesting is their last solution and they will fight to the end. They called for the new government to make thorough reviews over compulsory land purchase policy, and respond to their requests before September 25. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH 在高雄市政府強硬拆除果菜市場後，上午台灣各地自救會，再度聚集在總統府前，要求新政府立即暫停迫遷爭議案件，高雄果菜市場的居民，在會場一度哽咽，控訴陳菊九月一號強拆，他們現在已經無家可歸。 ==高雄果菜市場不義徵收自救會 吳富雄== 她九月一號拆了房子 我們兩個不知道住哪裡 老人家 人家不租我們房子 我們現在只能和 我兒子五個子女 住在一起 擠在一起 ==台灣人權促進會 林彥彤== 不管有產權還是沒有產權 所有這些迫遷案 政府都在沒有公共利益的情況下 要求人民搬遷 要求人民犧牲 甚至要他們付出 不當利益的賠償 抗爭民眾說，眼睜睜看著自己居住50多年的家沒了，卻無能為力，放任有爭議的建設計畫繼續執行，根本不在乎人民基本的居住權，他們只能一再走上街頭，希望政府、人民能聽到訴求，對此行政院也做出回應。 ==行政院發言人 童振源== 上街抗議當然是 表達方式之一 我們也尊重 但這不是唯一的方式 也可能不是最有效的方式 我們還是希望說 能夠透過各種多元的管道 讓意見能夠理性來討論 反迫遷自救會反駁，他們已經使用所有司法、行政的救濟途徑，但永遠得不到友善回應，抗爭是最後手段，希望蔡英文政府能夠，對土地政策作通盤檢討，並在9月25號前具體回應受害者訴求，否則還是會抗爭到底。 記者 朱芷儀 陳昌維 台北報導