The Komatsu stone statue was damaged. (Picture taken from Taiwanese media)
China Taiwan Network, May 29 According to Taiwan's "United Daily News" report, Tainan Not long after the beheading incident of Bata and a bronze statue in Wushantou Reservoir, the former Taipei City official who confessed to destroying the bronze statue Assemblyman Li Chenglong (59 years old) and woman Qiu Jinqiu (50 years old) led a crowd to the entrance of Yixian Elementary School in Beitou District, Taipei City at about 8 o'clock yesterday (28th), and smashed the century-old school gate with hammers. Japanese Koma Inu stone statue.
According to reports, Qiu also broadcast a live broadcast on Facebook (Facebook) to publicize the process of destroying the stone statues. The live broadcast was not interrupted until the police arrived at the scene.
Li and Qiu later broadcast live again to tell the reason for destroying the stone brow dog. Qiu said that he thought this thing was weird, strange, irrational and unreasonable when he passed by it before, so he just helped to clean up the garbage left over from the Japanese colonial era yesterday. Li Ze said that the Koma Dog was a "ghost beast" that guarded the souls of the Japanese soldiers who died in World War II during the Japanese occupation and kept vigil for the Japanese Imperial Army. However, those who study in the school are Taiwan's future masters, and there is also a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen, allowing the ghost beast to protect the future masters. and "Father of the Nation," "What are you doing? This is destroying our Feng Shui."
Qiu also said that they did not kill people or set fires, they were just clearing away garbage. The two said calmly that they were waiting for the owner of the Komonu statue to file a damage complaint.
According to reports, during construction work at Yixian Elementary School 10 years ago, a stone statue of a Koma dog was excavated and placed at the school gate. The Beitou Branch Guangming Police Station received the report and went to the scene to collect evidence and took Li and Qiu back to the station to make records. The school also filed a damage notice.
Japanese water conservancy engineer Yata Yoshida is regarded as the "Father of Jianan Dazhen" by the green camp because of his planning and construction of Wushantou Reservoir and Jianan Dazhen in Taiwan. The bronze statue of Hatta Yuichi located in Wushantou Reservoir in Tainan was built during the Japanese colonial period. It is regarded as a "symbol of Taiwan-Japan friendship" and is often visited by Japanese tourists. The bronze statue was "decapitated" on April 16, and the head was missing, making the pro-Japanese faction on the island very angry. Afterwards, Li Chenglong went to the police station to surrender. Some people questioned that this action may be a countermeasure to Tsai's authorities to remove the bronze statue of Chiang Kai-shek. (China Taiwan Network Li Ning)
The statue of Yatsuda Yuichi located in Wushantou Reservoir in Tainan was beheaded. (Picture taken from Taiwanese media)
Li Chenglong (the one in red) previously admitted to destroying the bronze statue of Yata Yuichi. (Picture source: Taiwan's "United Daily News")