Commission exonerates five executed after 1970 Taiyuan Prison InsurrectionBy Lee Hsin-fang and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Transitional Justice Commission yesterday posthumously exonerated five prison inmates who were executed after the 1970 Taiyuan Prison Insurrection. The five Taiwan independence advocates, held at the prison in Taitung County, seized weapons and broke out of the facility, but were later captured. A sixth prisoner, Cheng Cheng-cheng (鄭正成), who was involved in the insurrection, evaded being executed as the five claimed he had been their hostage. The commission yesterday exonerated the five of all criminal charges. Chiang’s younger sister, Chiang Yueh-wei (江月瑋), broke down in tears following the announcement of his exoneration at a news conference held by the commission in Taipei.

Source: Taipei Times October 02, 2021 15:56 UTC