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228 victim Pan Mu-chih commemorated in Chiayi

Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lee Chun-yi calls on his audience to learn from history and protect Taiwan’s sovereignty at a march commemorating the 228 Incident in Chiayi County yesterday.
Photo: Wang Shan-yen, Taipei Times

Vice President Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) yesterday paid tribute to a prominent victim of the 228 Massacre, Dr Pan Mu-chih (潘木枝), at a commemorative exhibition held to mark the 65th anniversary of his execution and to honor his dedication to the development of democracy in Taiwan.

Civil rights group calls for medical leave from prison for Chen Shui-bian

Michael Richardson

Taiwan Civil Rights Litigation Organization calls for Chen Shui-bian's release from prison

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The Taiwan Civil Rights Litigation Organization has joined the Formosan Association for Public Affairs in calling for United Sates intervention in behalf of Chen Shui-bian. Chen, the imprisoned former President of the Republic of China in-exile, was recently hospitalized for a serious heart condition.

Obama asked to help get medical parole for Chen

Taipei Times

The Formosan Association for Public Affairs (FAPA) has appealed to the White House to help ensure former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) receives the medical care he needs.

In a letter to US President Barack Obama, FAPA president Mark Kao (高龍榮) said that Chen desperately needed medical parole to receive hospital treatment.

DPP criticizes academic’s 228 Massacre study

Taipei Times

Chu Hung-yuan, a research fellow at Academia Sinica’s Institute of Modern History, is pictured on Sept. 5, 2009.
Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday criticized a government-sponsored study of the 228 Massacre in 1947 that blamed the Presbyterian Church for the riot, whitewashing the responsibility of Chiang Kai-shek’s (蔣介石) regime.

The study conducted by Chu Hung-yuan (朱浤源), a research fellow at Academia Sinica’s Institute of Modern History, received a grant of NT$500,000 from the government-affiliated Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, part of the organization’s regular sponsorships of academic studies.

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