Payen Talu

Payen Talu (traditional Chinese: 巴燕·達魯; simplified Chinese: 巴燕·达鲁; pinyin: Bāyān·Dálǔ; born 16 December 1951) is an Atayal Taiwanese politician. He represented the Democratic Progressive Party as a member of the Legislative Yuan from 1996 to 2002.

Payen Talu

MLY
巴燕·達魯
Payen Talu in the Third Legislative Yuan
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 1996 – 31 January 2002
ConstituencyRepublic of China
Personal details
Born (1951-12-16) 16 December 1951
NationalityRepublic of China
Political partyDemocratic Progressive Party

Political career

A member of the Democratic Progressive Party, Payen Talu was elected to the Legislative Yuan via party list proportional representation in 1995 and 1998.[1][2] During his legislative term, Payen Talu frequently defended indigenous rights,[3][4][5] particularly the right of ownership to ancestral lands.[6][7] In 2000, Payen Talu criticized the government's policies on languages and the commemoration of the Wushe incident for minimizing indigenous cultures.[8][9] Payen Talu did not garner enough support in an April 2001 party primary to be placed on the Democratic Progressive Party closed list ballot, and instead contested the multimember Highland Aborigine district in the December legislative elections,[10] which he lost.[11]

Activism

After leaving the legislature, Payen Talu continued his advocacy for indigenous peoples. In December 2007, he participated in a protest at the Executive Yuan, calling for the government to enforce the Aboriginal Basic Law passed in 2005, and acknowledge the United Nations' Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.[12] Payen Talu led a group of indigenous demonstrators to the offices of the Kuomintang and Democratic Progressive Party legislative caucuses in June 2011, where they delivered a petition opposing a drafted aboriginal autonomy billI, as the bill did not increase the budget for indigenous affairs or grant them the right to land and natural resources.[13] In August 2013, he called for the Japanese government to renounce its claim over the Senkaku Islands and return them to the control of the Kavalan people.[14] In February 2014, Payen Talu, and fellow former legislators Wei Yao-chien and Chen Wan-chen, among others, founded the Jiawu Regime Change organization in support of Taiwan independence.[15]

Controversy

In September 2010, Payen Talu was accused of molesting two girls.[16][17] After two appeals, he began serving a five-year prison sentence at Taipei Prison in July 2014.[18] Payen Talu was released in May 2018 to seek medical treatment for kidney failure.[19]

References
  1. "Payen Talu (3)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. "Payen Talu (4)". Legislative Yuan. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. "The other side of Taiwan". Newsweek. 7 January 2001. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. Jacobs, J. Bruce; Kang, Peter (2017). Changing Taiwanese Identities. Routledge. p. 15. ISBN 9781351794930.
  5. "Thao becomes 10th indigenous tribe". Taipei Times. 23 September 2001. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  6. "Aborigines move to reclaim land". Taipei Times. 10 March 2001. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  7. Huang, Sandy (22 December 2001). "Amis chiefs, elders restate their claim to ancestral lands in Hualien County". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  8. Lin, Mei-chun (22 October 2000). "Critics speak out against Taiwan languages policy". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  9. Chuang, Chi-ting (27 October 2000). "Wushe memories highlight modern dilemmas". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  10. Huang, Joyce (6 June 2001). "DPP candidates get second go at voters". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  11. Lin, Miao-Jung (26 December 2001). "Seminar tackles ethnic issues". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  12. Loa, Iok-sin (8 December 2007). "Aborigines rally for rights". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  13. Loa, Iok-sin (11 June 2011). "Aboriginal rights activists stage protest over draft Aboriginal autonomy bill". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  14. Shih, Hsiu-chuan (16 August 2013). "Ministry calls on Japan to learn from past errors". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  15. Wang, Chris (27 May 2014). "New group to highlight nation's missing history". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  16. 巴燕.達魯涉猥褻女童 政治操弄? (in Chinese). Public Television Service. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  17. 黃美珠 (27 September 2010). 有做過嗎? 前立委巴燕達魯 被控猥褻2女童. Liberty Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  18. 【立委竟是狼】辯稱教女童唱歌卻摸下體 他重判5年入獄沒人知 (in Chinese). MSN. Mirror Media. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  19. 前立委猥褻入獄近4年 本週核准保外就醫. Liberty Times (in Chinese). 5 May 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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