Commission to propose legislation to deal with White Terror perpetratorsBy Chen Yu-fu / Staff reporterTransitional Justice Commission Chairwoman Yang Tsui (楊翠) yesterday vowed that the commission would propose legislation to deal with investigations into the perpetrators of White Terror atrocities and other human rights abuses of the past. The White Terror era refers to the suppression of political dissidents following the 228 Incident, an uprising that began on Feb. 27, 1947, which was brutally suppressed by the then-Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime. Transitional Justice Commission Chairwoman Yang Tsui, right, and Deputy Chairwoman Yeh Hung-ling hold a news conference yesterday in Taipei. Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei TimesThe government subsequently imposed martial law, which was lifted on July 15, 1987. The commission would draft bills on transitional justice to handle unjust decisions by government administrative offices in the past, she said.

Source: Taipei Times April 12, 2021 16:00 UTC