The legislature is reviewing a draft special law on Taiwan's Plains Indigenous people, a designation that is currently not officially recognized. Some officials say the proposed law would bring the Plains community the recognition they deserve. But others say a separate special law for the group is discriminatory and would not afford them all the same rights and benefits as other Indigenous groups.
00:00In what could mark a historic day for Taiwan's Plains Indigenous people, the legislature is reviewing a special law on the community.
00:09Plains Indigenous people are not officially recognized by Taiwan's laws on Indigenous groups.
00:14Some lawmakers say this special act would grant them the recognition they deserve.
00:19Others, including some Plains peoples themselves, argue it would exclude them from the full range of rights and benefits afforded other Indigenous peoples.
