UNSOLVED DEATH: The firm said that people should not read too much into the ad, which it said was intended to urge people to revere their ancestors
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 08, 2018
By: Chang Tsun-wei and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Supermarket chain operator Pxmart yesterday announced that it has
A still image from an advertisement for the PxMart supermarket chain, which has been taken off the air after four days following criticisms, is shown in a screen grab. Photo: Screen grab from Facebook
pulled an advertisement that netizens made references to the death of Carnegie Mellon University associate professor Chen Wen-chen (陳文成) incident.
Chen was detained by the Taiwan Garrison Command for interrogation on July 2, 1981, during a visit to Taipei because of his support for the pro-democracy movement.
The next morning, Chen’s body was discovered next to the library at National Taiwan University (NTU).
An official report initially said that he had committed suicide, but his family and friends maintain that he was killed by the then-Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) government. [FULL STORY]
