Taipei Times
Date: Sep 07, 2018
By: Chen Yu-fu and Jonathan Chin  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

The convictions of about 1,000 people tried during the White Terror era are to be annulled by next month, the Transitional Justice Commission said yesterday.

Prisoners of conscience and other White Terror victims who have already received compensation from the state would have their convictions struck from records of the Judicial Yuan, the ministries of justice and national defense, and the National Police Agency, commission Deputy Chairman Chang Tien-chin (張天欽) said.

However, the convictions in 96 cases, where the commission deemed the evidence of espionage was credible, would not be overturned, he said.

The commission’s decisions were made according the Act Governing the Recovery of Damage of Individual Rights During the Period of Martial Law (戒嚴時期人民受損權利回復條例) and the Compensation Act for Wrongful Trials on Charges of Sedition and Espionage During the Martial Law Period (戒嚴時期不當叛亂暨匪諜審判案件補償條例), he said.    [FULL  STORY]