Staff writer, with CNAThe Academia Historica is to publish a compilation of historical materials related to late democracy activist Chen Wen-chen (陳文成), including documents that link Chen’s case to the Kaohsiung Incident, the academy’s curator said. The records, for which historians previously had to apply for access to view, became available in book form, as well as digitally, starting yesterday, curator Chen Yi-shen (陳儀深) said. Although Chen Wen-chen was spared the events of 1979 because he was working as a mathematics professor in the US, he had come to the authorities’ attention as one of Formosa Magazine’s main financial backers, Chen Yi-shen said. Chen Wen-chen returned to Taipei on May 20, 1981, to visit his family. While the government said that Chen Wen-chen was released after questioning, his body was discovered the next day on the campus of National Taiwan University.

Source: Taipei Times December 29, 2019 15:56 UTC