My Taiwanese girlfriend was today stopped by the police asking to see her ID for the third time since we moved to Banqiao a year ago. She looks very African due to having one parent of that heritage, so she has been stopped before in other parts of Taipei, but this seems a bit much. I was all for taking a photocopy of her ID, pinning it to the wall in the local police station and telling them to study her face and leave her alone, but she told me she doesn’t want to be famous.
Apparently a friend of hers in the police force has told her that asking to see her ID is illegal, so she will record them next time.