A Taiwanese father carries his son as he joins a sit-in protest in front of the Presidential Palace in Taipei against the government's failure to check a degenerating social order May 18. Shocked by the recent kidnap and murder of renowned actress Pai Ping-ping's teenage daughter, more than 50,000 protesters demanded the resignation of Premier Lien Chan and a formal apology from President Lee Teng-hui.

TAIWAN PROTEST