Taipei Times
Date: Oct 21, 2016
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Society has not done enough to hold the perpetrators of the 228 Massacre responsible for their
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, second right, attends the launch of the 228 Incident and International Human Rights Exhibition in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
behavior, Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday during his speech at the launch of the 228 Incident and International Human Rights Exhibition in Taipei, urging perpetrators to demonstrate restraint to avoid deepening the agony they have caused to families of the victims.
Referring to the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime before its defeat in the Chinese Civil War as “China” throughout his speech, Ko said Taiwanese were jubilant when it was announced that they were to reunite with “China” after World War II.
However, because of the rampant corruption among Republic of China officials and a lack of discipline among the troops dispatched to Taiwan, the public was disillusioned, which gave rise to a string of conflicts between the masses and the government, Ko said, adding that this was the historical context of the 228 Massacre.
Ko said that a conundrum facing the 228 Incident and all efforts to promote transitional justice is that all the attention has been focused on to the victims, while the victimizers remain hidden. [FULL STORY]
