President Tsai Ing-wen (???) said her government would continue to promote transitional justice through educational reforms and providing financial restitution to the victims of political persecution, at a Human Rights Day event in Taipei Saturday.
During an address at the Jing-Mei White Terror Memorial Park, Tsai said that the education, culture and justice ministries were collaborating on “national transitional justice action guidelines” to help incorporate transitional justice into school curricula and training courses for law enforcement personnel.
The president added that the government was in the process of setting up a fund to provide compensation to the victims of political persecution, and restitution to those who had property confiscated during Taiwan’s authoritarian era.
The ceremony also featured a speech from the 91-year-old Chang Chang-mei (???), who was arrested as a 19-year-old student activist in 1953 after she was accused of being a communist.
Recalling her ordeal as a victim of political persecution, Chang — who spent more than 12 years in prison, including on the notorious Green Island — said the people of Taiwan should cherish the hard-earned freedom they enjoy today.
Meanwhile, Culture Minister Lee Yung-te (???) presented certificates to Yao Chia-wen (???), Wu Shui-Teng (???) and the family members of several others for donating personal items to the National Human Rights Museum, contributions that Lee said had helped provide a deeper understanding of Taiwan’s authoritarian history.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel