Taiwanese protesters opposing a controversial trade deal with China said Friday they would continue to occupy the legislative building until the government retracts the signed pact that has spurred heated debates in Taiwan.
The seizure of the Legislative Yuan started on Tuesday, when hundreds of college students pushed through the building’s metal gates and stormed into the main meeting chamber. Protesters gave President Ma Ying-jeou an ultimatum—respond to their demands by noon Friday or else face more protests.
The student protesters asked Mr. Ma, who also heads the ruling Chinese Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang, to immediately retract the service trade pact signed with Beijing last June and establish a legally binding mechanism to monitor all agreements across the Taiwan Strait in the future.
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