But this decision caused many of the people who hung around the temple to wonder whether the committee had not cut a deal with the Kuomintang to use the ruling as a device to keep down the opposition movement. This sparked a fracas in which a crowd ransacked the office, beat up temple staff, and even set fire to the incense kiosk.
但這個決議卻引起廣場民眾質疑龍山寺董事會與執政黨掛鉤，想藉此打壓反對運動，而引發民眾搗毀辦公室、毆打廟中執事人員，甚至火燒香燭部的事件。