‘TRUE RECONCILIATION’: From Ethnos to Nation called for the removal of all authoritarian symbols, the end of the ‘ROC regime’ and the establishment of a new nation
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 21, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
A pro-independence group yesterday called for the complete removal of
A handout photograph taken and released yesterday by the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall shows egg shells and red paint on a statue of Chiang Kai-shek at the hall in Taipei. Photo: AFP / Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
authoritarian symbols and the closure of mausoleums after they hurled red paint at the 6.3m-tall bronze statue of Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei.
The defacement was carried out by several members of the pro-independence group From Ethnos to Nation at about 9:30am in front of visitors at the memorial hall.
The hall is the largest in the nation commemorating Chiang, despite his regime being blamed for the deaths of millions of people.
The group also held up a banner that read: “Eliminate Chinese Tyranny, Build Taiwan’s Own Republic,” referring to the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime that retreated from China to Taiwan in 1949 under Chiang’s leadership.
Police later arrested two protesters, who were to be turned over to prosecutors for further investigation, the Taipei Police Department’s Zhongzheng First Precinct said.
The incident came just hours before the Taoyuan District Court was scheduled to hold its first session on the group’s hurling of red paint at Chiang’s sarcophagus in Taoyuan’s Dasi District (大溪) on Feb. 28, the 71st anniversary of the 228 Incident, a bloody state-led crackdown against civilian demonstrations. [FULL STORY]