US EditionChiang Kai-shek bears main responsibility for 228 Incident: Academia head
Chen Yi-shen said official complicity and troop deployment led to tens of thousands killed or imprisoned after protests turned into a severe crackdown.
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Taipei TimesChiang Kai-shek bears main responsibility for 228 Incident: Academia head
Taipei, Feb. 26 (CNA) The head of Academia Historica said Thursday that late President Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) bears the greatest responsibility for the 228 Incident, noting that Chiang, who then led the National Government, sided with then-provincial governor Chen Yi (陳儀) and allowed the perpetrators to go unpunished.
Kuomintang Chairperson Cheng Li-wen stated today that the 228 Incident can be considered the first major democratic movement in Taiwan after World War II. The 228 Incident was not only a tragedy and sorrow for the Taiwanese people, but also the first page of the magnificent and turbulent history of the Taiwanese people's struggle for democracy. Today, all Taiwanese people must cherish and protect our precious democracy, rule of law, freedom of s…
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