Commission seeks to return ill-gotten assets to ownersBy Chen Yu-fu and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Transitional Justice Commission is drafting a bill that would return ill-gotten assets to the families of wealthy businesspeople and landowners whose assets were confiscated during the White Terror era, the commission said on Monday. A total of 177 people had their properties confiscated during the White Terror era, Formosan Political Prisoners’ Association honorary director-general Tsai Kuan-yu (蔡寬裕) said. The commission would submit a draft act this month, and would seek to compensate victims’ families either through the return of assets or monetary compensation, it said. The commission looked at more than 500 cases of confiscated assets listed among records held by the Ministry of National Defense, including 300 that were only recently uncovered, it said. The 3.2-hectare plot is one of the properties confiscated from Huang Tien-liang, he added.

Source: Taipei Times January 07, 2021 15:56 UTC