Protesters are gathering in Taipei as opposition lawmakers try to push through controversial legislation that would give them more investigative powers and effectively curtail the authority of President Lai Ching-te.
Anger over the measures has already led to violent clashes within the legislature and some of Taiwan’s largest protests since the Sunflower student movement in 2014, when demonstrators stormed and occupied parliament, blocking the passage of an unpopular trade deal with China.
People are once again gathering in the streets around parliament amid concerns that the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) and its Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) allies will succeed in passing the legislation on Tuesday.
