JAPANESE FOOD IMPORT BAN HEARING TURNS VIOLENT|日核災區食品進口公聽會 部分場爆衝突

As the government is planning to gradually relax the restrictions on the Japanese food imports from the Fukushima nuclear disaster zones, ten public hearings have been scheduled within 3 days. On Nov 12, two hearings were conducted in Chiayi and Tainan. At the Tainan session, violent conflicts broke out between the protesters and agriculture officials. In Chiayi County, many people complained that they didn't even receive any notice for the hearing. Tainan City councilors and a group of protesters raised their objections at the public hearing to discuss the lifting of bans on Japanese food imports to Taiwan. Protesters said the Tsai administration organized public hearings only after they have already decided to allow food imports from the nuclear disaster areas in Japan. ==LU KUN-FU Tainan City councilor and AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS== You hit me… You can't treat a government official this way. He hit me. No, I didn't. Stop that. Protesters questioned the credibility of the public hearing since only one person signed in for the session. They also accused the Tsai administration for backtracking on their "nuclear-free homeland" policy. ==PROTESTER and CHEN CHI-CHUNG, Agriculture Council Vice Chair== You are all liars. Who are you trying to fool? You promoted the non-nuclear homeland policy. We are not importing radiation affected food. They are contaminated. Ten public hearings across Taiwan have been scheduled from Nov 12 to 15. Many people and local councils representatives were upset at such a short notice for such important hearings. ==ATTENDEE== (They chose such a remote location for the first public hearing.) Their intention is clear. I actually saw the notice from a friend's Facebook page just last night. We had to rush here today. ==WANG CHI LI, KMT Chiayi County Councilor== Food contaminated by radiation will not just give you an upset stomach. You don't just get diarrhea. You can get cancer. At the Yunlin session, legislator Chang Li-shan and local representatives also staged a protest. The Council of Agriculture explained that they held the hearing sessions over the weekend to allow more people to participate. However, civil society groups and local council members denounced the central government for trying to rush through the process and keeping the public in the dark. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 政府打算分階段管制日本福島核災區食品進口，要在三天內開十場公聽會、收集民意，今天上午分別在嘉義跟台南各舉行一場，結果台南場，有國民黨市議員率領群眾衝入會場，對著官員嗆聲，雙方還發生推擠。而在嘉義場，民眾抱怨沒收到通知，認為公聽會開得太臨時。 一早台南市議員號召十多位民眾高舉標舉，直奔位於新化的「日本食品輸臺公聽會」現場，認定蔡政府已經決定要開放日本核災區食品進口，才來辦公聽會，市議員不願聽解釋，一口咬定被官員打，雙方發生推擠。 ==台南市議員 盧崑福 vs. 農委會副主委 陳吉仲 vs. 農委會國際處長 陳俊言== 你打我 你打我 你不能對我們的文官這樣 他打我 我什麼時候打你 我哪有打你 你不要這樣 抗議民眾拿簽到單，質疑只有一個人簽名的公聽會、還叫公聽會嗎？同時也質疑，口口聲聲說要實現非核家園的蔡政府，說話不算話。 ==抗議民眾 vs. 農委會副主委 陳吉仲== 你們嘴角都是泡沫 都亂詐騙 騙誰啊 這不公平啊 非核家園 非核家園同意啊 沒有這個輻射食品進來 這個有喔 為了聽取民眾意見，政府從今天起三天在北中南東舉行10場公聽會，雖然一早在嘉義場沒有台南場這麼火爆，但民眾與民代都不滿事關重大的公聽會，辦得如此倉促。 ==記者 vs. 民眾== （他們第一場的公聽會 就選擇一個這麼偏僻的地方) 我覺得他們是故意的 而且這個通知是朋友貼在臉書上 我們臨時看到 我們昨晚看到 我們今天趕來的 ==國民黨嘉義縣議員 王啟澧== 這種(輻射)汙染的東西不是吃壞肚子 拉一拉髒東西就出來了 這影響我們有可能會長癌耶 而在雲林場也不平靜，立委張麗善與地方民代前來抗議，還有縣議員翻桌表達不滿，雖然農委會強調周末舉辦是要讓更多民眾參與，但公民與民代都不滿時間太趕，讓日本核災區食品進口，不只蒙上輻射陰影，更籠罩在政府黑箱作業的疑慮中。 記者 台南/嘉義/雲林綜合報導。