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Seriously, this guy is practically a baby screaming for attention.

Prior to the local government’s severing of power and water service, Wei Ming-jen yesterday told a separate news conference that he has never recognized the validity of the Republic of China government, and he aims to overthrow it.

Anyone violating his property would be “severely punished by the motherland” once both sides of the Taiwan Strait are unified, he said.

Police later took Wei Ming-jen in for questioning on the grounds that he obstructed civil servants from carrying out their duties by allegedly throwing punches at a Department of Economic Affairs official surnamed Tung (董).

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/09/25/2003701114

Wei Ming-jen (魏明仁), a contractor and former military officer, bought the property and used it as a means to allow Chinese influence to serve his own interests, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Wei is nobody of importance on either side of the Taiwan Strait, but people who embrace communism and “[Chinese President] Xi Jinping [習近平] thought” are used as pawns by Chinese officials in their “united front” strategy, the official said.

Flag-raising ceremonies at the temple were watched by the Chinese government, the official said, adding that former intelligence and national security officers found that doors opened for them in China after they attended the ceremonies.

Taiwanese looking to secure influence in China would use Facebook to “check in” at the temple, or share photographs of themselves with Wei, the official said.

Some retirees have taken advantage of this to do business in China, the official said, adding that one retiree had become wealthy by selling Taiwanese fruit in China.

With the recent instability in cross-strait relations, the bureau is concerned that some retired officials might sell confidential information in a bid to stay in China, the official said.

For some “unworthy retired officials,” going to the temple was a way to get a new lease on life in China, making it increasingly a national security matter, the official said.

According to reports, Wei tricked the previous nuns who occupied the temple into a debt trap , and then manipulated the legal system to come into possession of the Biyun Chan Temple and evicted the nuns who have been living in meager shipping containers nearby and protesting the conversion of the temple ever since.

Wei claims that the CCP supports his activities in Taiwan. He also previously claimed he was commissioning a statue of Mao Zedong, and that the day it was completed would be the day that Taiwan came under the control of China.

:noway: All this while living under a generous 18% pension of the ROC… :sick:

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Back in the good old days he’d have been summarily shot and we’d all have cheered as his body hit the concrete. :grandpa::hole::bomb:

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We got video of the demolition. Enjoy.

And in Englishee:

For good measure they should bury the remains in the bottom of the ocean … wait, that´s pollution. As far away as possible. Plus perform an exorcism on the land.

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That didn’t take long, ha ha. Low hanging fruit…

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Smart move by the guy. Bait the government into demolishing the building for him. That’s a lot of land he can now convert into lugzery squeeze-box housing. He’s a contractor, right? Well done, sir.

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Wow it’s pretty massive. Loving the backhoe on the steps.

https://youtu.be/4pPRIvgBxbc

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Sorry for the long article, but it is a gem. Kudos to whoever wrote it/edited it. Love the attention to the juicy details and overall story background. Awesome.

Demolition work on controversial temple in Changhua begins

2018/09/26 16:35:00

Taipei, Sept. 26 (CNA) The dismantling of a controversial temple in Changhua County deemed to include illegal structures began Wednesday after the county was embarrassed by a New York Times feature describing the temple’s allegiance to Beijing.

At 10 a.m. Wednesday, 14 heavy-duty bulldozers sent to the scene began razing illegal structures connected to the main front hall and left and right compartments of the rear hall, all of which were considered to have been built illegally on land zoned for farming.

Deputy County Magistrate Lin Ming-yu (林明裕), who is overseeing the demolition, estimated it will take seven days and cost NT$5 million (US$16.31 million) to tear down all of the complex’s illegal structures.

Many of those structures were built in the past eight years after retired military officer Wei Ming-jen (魏明仁) took over the 100-year-old former Biyun Temple, covering about 5,600 square meters in the county’s Erlin Township.

In 2012, he evicted the nuns who lived on the premises after allegedly duping them into accruing big debts they were unable to repay, giving rise to a legal dispute between Wei and the nuns that was not settled before Wednesday’s demolition began.

After Wei evicted the nuns, he began turning the temple into a Chinese Communist shrine and described it as a Taiwan base promoting the People’s Republic of China’s socialism, nationalism and patriotism.

The county had previously pledged not to tear down the illegal structures until after the legal dispute between the nuns and Wei was settled, but that changed when the temple was featured in a New York Times report published on Sept. 20.

The report, which described how Wei had removed Buddhist statues and symbols and replaced them with portraits of the founding leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, put the temple in the public eye and sparked controversy, leading Changhua County Magistrate Wei Ming-ku (魏明谷) to take action.

Wei Ming-ku ordered that the water and power supply to part of the temple complex be cut off in preparation for the demolition of the illegal structures.

The owner of the temple resisted by throwing a punch at a county official who brought workers into the complex to cut off its water and power, and he was arrested for obstructing public law enforcement.

On Wednesday, about 600 security guards and police officers were mobilized to maintain order at the site to ensure public safety while the demolition was underway, Lin said.

(By Wu Che-hao, Su Mu-chun and Evelyn Kao)
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OK, lemme see how this works.

Changhua County magistrate Wei Ming-ku (魏明谷) oversees the demolition of the “temple” operated by the nun-evicting Chinese communist party-worshipping Wei Ming-jen (魏明仁).

Is this some sort of Changhua family feud between two brothers? : D

Guy

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The communist temple owner sounds like a real stand up guy however it seems petty they were going to tear it down later but sped it up because they got embarrassed. Doesn’t seem to say much for rule of law

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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/10/01/2003701512

Actually, as it is mentioned here and in past artiles, teh guy owes money and has several legal cases pending.

One would be happy he is leaving and hope that he will not come back no mo, but there are his descendents to inherit his pension and money and ill accrued assets who will continue being useful fools and fight for “his” cause.

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Stop walking down my street
Don’t come around here no more
Who do you expect to meet?
Don’t come around here no more
Whatever you’re looking for
Don’t come around here no more

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Ah a 5 milion debt. Now we know why he fled.

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I’d say it more mimics the KMT retreat than the Long March, since his plan is to take back the Brotherland.

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Will the government (or other agencies) garnish this guy’s pension? Can they?

Guy

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Smart move!

“… the NT$5 million fine for the cost of the demolition of the Communist complex would instead be levied on his sister, Wei Su-tan (魏素丹), as it was registered in her name.”

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Guess some people can’t wait for this, to make Taiwan …er safer.

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Yushan to be closed following reports of unificationists wanted to plant the PRC flag on its summit:

Guy