Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang reads name plaques memorializing victims of political persecution in New Taipei City’s National Human Rights Museum yesterday. Chinese Nationalist Party Chairman Johnny Chiang, second left, yesterday visits the courtroom where Kaohsiung Incident detainees were tried at what is today the National Human Rights Museum in New Taipei City. Seeing his name on the plaque filled him with grief and regret, and taught him an important lesson, Johnny Chiang said. “There is no history that cannot be declassified, no truth that cannot be revealed,” Johnny Chiang said. It is from this stage in history that Taiwan’s flourishing democracy emerged, Johnny Chiang said, adding that he visited to reflect on this past and cherish the free and open society Taiwan now enjoys.

Source: Taipei Times December 10, 2020 15:56 UTC