Taipei Times
Date: Feb 28, 2018
By Chang Hsuan-che and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Hsieh I-cheng (謝一誠), a 228 Incident victim, said that a certificate he is to receive today
Hsieh I-cheng, who was imprisoned following the 228 Incident in 1947, demonstrates on Friday last week how water was forced into his stomach as he underwent “water cure” torture. Photo: Chang Hsuan-che, Taipei Times
to restore his reputation cannot erase the pain and torture he experienced during his imprisonment.
Hsieh, 93, grew up in Taichung’s Beitun District (北屯) and was drafted to the transport unit of the Japanese military in Taichung when he was 19, where he became familiar with Taichung’s arsenal, he said.
On Feb. 28, 1947, the then-Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) government violently suppressed a nationwide uprising against it and a series of bloody purges against civilians ensued in subsequent months. The event marked the beginning of the White Terror era that saw tens of thousands of people arrested, imprisoned and executed.
Hsieh said when he heard the crackdown had spread, he transported firearms and ammunition left behind by the Japanese military in an ammunition depot in Taichung’s Dakeng (大坑) to the downtown area to assist the militia.
On March 16, 1947, Hsieh was charged with theft and sentenced to death.
He spent more than two years in a jail in a military camp in Taichung’s Gancheng Borough (干城), he said. [FULL STORY]
