樂生夜宿北市府 Loshen sleepover@Taipei City Hall

令人心碎的十年反迫遷 樂生尚存人權未絕 搬上國際！https://www.facebook.com/RevNews
Loshen walk to Taipei City Hall 樂生長征北市府https://www.peopo.org/news/241903
Loshen sleepover@Taipei City Hall 樂生夜宿北市府https://www.peopo.org/news/241905
How Loshen Petitioners Got into Taipei City Hall? 樂生陳情八人入北市府https://www.peopo.org/news/241823

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The Anti-Eviction of Loshen People ‪#‎Taipei‬ ‪#‎Taiwan‬ still struggling after 10 long years!

Loshen walk to Taipei City Hall 樂生長征北市府https://www.peopo.org/news/241903
Loshen sleepover@Taipei City Hall 樂生夜宿北市府https://www.peopo.org/news/241905
How Loshen Petitioners Got into Taipei City Hall? 樂生陳情八人入北市府 https://www.peopo.org/news/241823

Losheng Sanatorium (Chinese: 樂生療養院; pinyin: Lèshēng Liáoyǎngyuàn) is a hospital for lepers, which is located inXinzhuang District, New Taipei City (formerly Taipei County), Taiwan. Losheng means "happy life". It was constructed in the 1930s during the Japanese colonial period. At present there has been heated debates and protests about the plans to replace Losheng Sanatorium with a MRT(Mass Rapid Transport) depot.

Long before the depot construction was initiated, Loshen’s ex-director and history professionals have demanded a large-scale inspection of Losheng’s position as a historical site. The scholars appealed to the MRT Department that they should spare the Losheng Sanatorium, while they unanimously agreed the entire site should be preserved. However, the officials unilaterally terminated the process of inspection, and decided the Sanatorium should be torn down entirely.

But the plan was altered by local politicians. It has been asserted that this is wrong for the following reasons:

-Waste of money: 3/5 of the depot site needs to be built on flatland; therefore $90 million (USD) will be spent on flattening and improving the soil.

-Disaster for the environment: After flattening the mountain, a ten-story retaining wall will remain, destroying the natural environment.

-Safety concern: The future depot will be situated upon earth faults.

-Ravaged historical site: The Losheng Sanatorium is an important cultural asset for people in East Asia. The depot construction will turn it all into dust.

-Ordeal for patients: The patients are forced to leave the place they spent their lives, suffering mentally and physically from the displacement.

-Autocratic decision-making: The MRT Department never inquired the needs of Losheng patients—the ‘residents’ of the site—which is a violation of fundamental human rights.

It was also argued that the Losheng Sanatorium should be an accredited World Heritage site. It has witnessed the inhumane treatment (such as discrimination and compulsory quarantine) of the lepers, who had undergone 70 years of government oppression.

2014/05/09 樂生院民再遭迫遷 郝龍斌上銬抓人

今（9）日記者會，在得不到任何承諾與情況下，我們宣布將不定期干擾捷運，阿公阿媽因為捷運機廠工程失去家園、面臨安全上的危險，我們的干擾有絕對的正當性。如果樂生走山，那後果絕對比我們的干擾還嚴重千萬倍！

昨（8）日樂生聲援者徒步17公里，從樂生來到北市府，要求郝龍斌出面回應「立即停工 原屋續住」。但苦等一夜後，今早的記者會上，北市府依舊沒有正面回應。當我們準備拿著〈安全承諾書〉送進北市府，要求郝龍斌出面簽署承諾書，保證樂生院民居住安全時，員警竟將我們8位聲援者逮捕上銬，以妨礙公務現行犯被送至北市延壽街的保安警察大隊！

郝龍斌不但不願面對新莊捷運機廠的安全問題，甚至以如此強硬的方式，在院民面前強行逮捕我們的聲援者！

國家暴力十年來沒有終止，不只施加在樂生院民身上，現在更針對我們的聲援者！我們再次聲明，未來會以干擾捷運的方式，來讓更多台北市民、新北市民了解我們的訴求，但記者會從頭至尾，我們沒有使用「癱瘓」二字，請郝龍斌不要心存暴力、惡意解讀，塑造樂生與市民的假對立。

昨日行經新莊路段，市民、馬路工人與學生的加油聲不絕於耳，證明了我們已經用十年的光陰，說服新莊人，樂生與捷運沒有對立；我們干擾捷運的行動，也同樣會以正當而堅定的方式，說服所有台北市民：捷運新莊機廠有嚴重的安全問題，甚至根本不該選址於此；錯的是今日的郝龍斌，不是樂生院民！