Attack happened on 71st anniversary of 228 massacre
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/02/28
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Alleged supporters of Taiwan Independence daubed the
Grave of President Chiang Kai-shek in Taoyuan daubed with red paint. (By Central News Agency)
temporary grave of late President Chiang Kai-shek with red paint on the 71stanniversary of the 228 Incident, an uprising which was put down with force by his Kuomintang, with tens of thousands of deaths and disappearances as a result.
In Taipei, the anniversary was marked with solemn events featuring prayers and the laying of flowers, but in Taoyuan City’s Cihu, a group calling itself “From Ethnos to Nation” entered the pavilion where Chiang’s body was kept and threw paint on his sarcophagus, the Central News Agency reported.
On its Facebook page, the group posted pictures of their actions and listed what they called the “228 action declaration of young Taiwan independence.” They said that young people who supported the government’s current push for transitional justice had used red paint to symbolize the blood of Chiang’s victims. [FULL STORY]
