The Taitung Lantern Festival joint detour starts at noon today.

(Photo by reporter Huang Mingtang)

[Reporter Huang Mingtang/Taitung Report] The 112th year of the Lantern Festival in Taitung County, the sedan chairs were opened at noon, and 51 temples launched a 2-day deity parade to pray for blessings, in order to avoid temple fair parade fights, teenagers gathering for sex, and preventing people from taking advantage of the activities Troubles will affect social order. The police have deployed police forces to fight at any time, and there are prosecutors in command. If there is trouble, it will be reported to the investigation office immediately.

Li Yijie, director of the Taitung Branch of the Taitung County Police Department, attached great importance to it. On February 3, he convened a branch cadre to hold a special meeting to strengthen the security maintenance and security deployment of the "Tianhou Temple Gods Circumnavigation and Blessing Activities", and implement control over trouble-prone areas and intersections in the jurisdiction. To prevent illegal and out-of-order incidents such as mobbing and arguing, we will immediately suppress and bring to justice any conflicts that occur, and also report to the Taitung District Prosecutor's Office to take command during border crossings.

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Li Yijie said that the Lantern Festival parade around the country to pray for blessings is an important annual event in the local area. It has the good intention of worshiping the gods and praying for blessings. It is going smoothly. The police will strictly implement the prevention and control of violence, and declare zero tolerance for mobbing and fighting. The Taitung District Prosecutor's Office has also shown its determination to fully defend the police's lawful execution of public power. Criminals must not take advantage of this detour to cause trouble arbitrarily. Violators must be dealt with strictly in order to maintain the social order of the rule of law and punish illegal acts.

The Taitung Lantern Festival joint detour starts at noon today.

(Photo by reporter Huang Mingtang)