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By Star-Bulletin staff
POSTED: 06:12 p.m. HST, Jul 05, 2009
There were many more supporters than protesters when Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou arrived at the Chinese Cultural Plaza on Sunday.
The peaceful protest was one of three planned at events Ma was slated to attended before leaving for Taiwan on Sunday night.
The protesters were members of a coalition of organizations of Taiwanese-Americans who said they were opposed to "the degradation of human rights, press freedom and right to a fair trial in Taiwan" under Ma.
Ma was greeted at the plaza by Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona and state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Director Ted Liu.
While at the plaza, Ma placed a wreath at the statue of Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen.
Protesters also lined the street as Ma's motorcade made its way to the East-West Center. They gave him the thumbs-down sign and chanted "One China. One Taiwan."
"He's supposed to work for Taiwan. He works for communist China," protest organizer Yu Cong Lin said.
Another organizer, Chao Chen agreed.
"President Ma is going to gradually move toward unification with mainland China," he said.
Ma arrived Saturday for an overnight stopover on his way home from a trip to Central America.
There were many more supporters than protesters when Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou arrived at the Chinese Cultural Plaza on Sunday.
The peaceful protest was one of three planned at events Ma was slated to attended before leaving for Taiwan on Sunday night.
The protesters were members of a coalition of organizations of Taiwanese-Americans who said they were opposed to "the degradation of human rights, press freedom and right to a fair trial in Taiwan" under Ma.
Ma was greeted at the plaza by Lt. Gov. James "Duke" Aiona and state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism Director Ted Liu.
While at the plaza, Ma placed a wreath at the statue of Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen.
Protesters also lined the street as Ma's motorcade made its way to the East-West Center. They gave him the thumbs-down sign and chanted "One China. One Taiwan."
"He's supposed to work for Taiwan. He works for communist China," protest organizer Yu Cong Lin said.
Another organizer, Chao Chen agreed.
"President Ma is going to gradually move toward unification with mainland China," he said.
Ma arrived Saturday for an overnight stopover on his way home from a trip to Central America.
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