Transitional Justice Commission had sent letter to ask about authoritarian symbols at the airport
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/06/15
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Workers removing a Chiang Kai-shek statue from outside Taitung Airport Saturday June 15 (By Central News Agency)
The commission, which was set up as an independent government body last year, has as its mission to investigate the period of authoritarian Kuomintang rule, while also removing symbols of that period. Over the past few years, statues of President Chiang have been daubed with paint or otherwise damaged by activists.
At around 11 a.m. Saturday, a tall crane appeared on the parking lot near the airport, also known as Fengnian, according to the Central News Agency. Workers proceeded to tie up the statue and the crane lifted it up from its pedestal. [FULL STORY]
