The son of a victim of the 228 Incident urged yesterday that the government locate and release documents and files relating to the 228 Incident to reveal the historical truth of the massacre.
On Feb. 27, 1947, the arrest of a cigarette vendor in Taipei led to large-scale protests by Taiwanese against the corruption and repression of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime.
Dictator Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) responded to a request by executive administrator Chen Yi (陳儀) to dispatch troops from China to stifle the protests in Taiwan.
Historians estimate that some 20,000 people were killed during the crackdown that followed. The incident was a precursor to the White Terror era.
“Due to the lack of historical data, I do not know what happened to my father during the 1947 uprising,” said the man, who declined to give his name.
Most of data on the 228 Incident is in the government’s possession, but many important files are in the hands of people scattered all around the country, he said.
“Many individuals who worked for the government at the time took the files with them when they retired from their posts,” he said, adding that he had heard rumors that those individuals were now prepared to release the once closely guarded files.
He said he would make a formal appeal to the Control Yuan after the Lunar New Year holiday to urge government agencies to recover and release all the existing data on the incident.
In response, the Control Yuan yesterday said it would be glad to help, but could not make any promises before formally reviewing the request.
Although an eight-member subcommittee of the Control Yuan conducted an investigation in 2004 into the 228 Incident, most of the individuals killed could not be identified because of a lack of records.
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