Museum honors freedom advocate based in Japan

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 10, 2018
By: Liu Wan-chun and Sherry Hsiao  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

A museum dedicated to independence activist Ong Iok-tek (王育德) yesterday opened at

A bust of Ong Iok-tek is yesterday pictured at a Tainan memorial hall commemorating his life, work and dedication to the Taiwanese independence movement and the study of the Hoklo language (also known as Taiwanese).  Photo: Liu Wan-chun, Taipei Times

his former residence in Tainan, where he lived with his elder brother Ong Iok-lim (王育霖).

Born in 1924, Ong Iok-tek was a spiritual leader and forerunner of the Taiwanese independence movement in Japan. He was also an expert on the Hoklo language (commonly known as Taiwanese).

Ong Iok-lim, who was born in 1919, was the first Taiwanese prosecutor in the Japanese Empire.

After World War II, he returned to Taiwan and served as a prosecutor in Hsinchu City, but resigned after investigating then-Hsinchu mayor Kuo Shao-tsung (郭紹宗) for corruption.    [FULL  STORY]

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