"It was one of our principles not to seek compensation," says Liu Yung-ling, one of the leaders of the movement against the number five cracker at Houchin. Even though China Petroleum's main plant in Houchin produces a lot of pollution, he still doesn't approve of compensation because "once the environment is ruined, there's usually no way to restore it.
「不求償原是我們的原則」，後勁反五輕活動領導人之一的劉永鈴說，即使中油總廠有許多汙染事實，他仍不贊成索賠。