Source: Overseas Network
People on the island held a commemoration ceremony to commemorate the victims
Overseas Network April 5th Taiwan Railway " Taroko " No. 408 train 408 occurred on the 2nd. Taiwan's health and welfare department later set up a "disaster relief account" and called on the people to donate. However, this move caused painful criticism on the island, and netizens questioned that the accident was obviously a man-made disaster, but the DPP authorities deliberately diverted the focus.
According to Taiwan's China Times News Network on the 5th, the Taiwan Railway's "Tarotou" accident caused many casualties and was one of the major traffic accidents on the island in recent years. The health and welfare department of the Taiwan authorities said on the 3rd that considering the great spiritual trauma of the injured, family members and relatives of the victims, they will accept donations from now until April 30.
However, after the Taiwan Health and Welfare Department set up a donation account, it caused quite a controversy on the island. Among them, some netizens posted a complaint on social platforms, "(DPP authorities) build any children's halls more than 10 billion (NT$) and allocate a fraction of the amount of the children's halls. There are ways to deal with this accident."
There are many netizens who bluntly said that it is not that they do not donate money. There were donations to help them in natural disasters before, but this incident was a man-made disaster. The DPP authorities initiated donations and felt that it was similar to "making the people feel involved and shifting the focus by the way, as if the authorities have no responsibility for this matter."
Some netizens even bluntly stated that the previous Kaohsiung gas explosion case raised 300 million (NT$) of donations that year, but the subsequent flow of funds was not transparent. According to the report of the Taiwan Supervision Department, some of the funds are used for promotion abroad, and half of the itinerary is sightseeing. "If you want people to donate this time, please let the DPP clearly explain the direction of the money and let the people know where their donations are spent." (Overseas Network Wu Qian)
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