The event marked one of the few times in recent years that Taiwan's Aborigines have taken a strong stand for their rights. Faced with the problem of illegal construction by urban Aborigines at sites including Sanying, Xizhou, and Xiao Bitan, Kolas Foting, the Amis head of Taipei County's Indigenous Peoples 'Bureau, has tossed and turned through many a sleepless night.
同為阿美族人的北縣原住民族行政局局長朱清義，面對三鶯、溪洲、小碧潭等縣內「都原」聚落違建問題而天人交戰、數夜輾轉難眠。