Radio Taiwan International
Date: 31 May, 2019
By: John Van Trieste
The Transitional Justice Commission is marking the end of its first year of work. The
Yang Tsui, acting chairperson of the Transitional Justice Commission
government set up the commission a year ago on Friday, charging it with uncovering the truth about the abuses of Taiwan’s post-war authoritarian government.
In a radio interview Friday, the commission’s acting chairperson, Yang Tsui, looked back on the commission’s accomplishments and the challenges it has faced in the past year.
Yang said the commission has overturned unjust convictions from the authoritarian period, collected political documents from the era, and put together a documentary film on state surveillance of campuses during the 1980’s.
However, Yang said that it takes time to gather historical documents that could help uncover the truth behind the wrongs of the past. [FULL STORY]
