The 228 Incident refers to a crackdown launched by the then-Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime against civilian demonstrators following an incident in Taipei on Feb. 27, 1947. President William Lai, right, holds a wreath at an event in Kaohsiung yesterday marking the 79th anniversary of the 228 Incident. Combined with archives declassified since Taiwan’s first transition of power in 2000, the bureau has transferred 140,000 unredacted political records to the National Archives Administration for public review, Lai said. However, “archives about the Lin family case are incomplete and much of the oral history has proven unreliable or fabricated,” he said. Separately yesterday, Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) spoke during a memorial service at Gikong Presbyterian Church to mark the 46th anniversary of the Lin family murders, stressing the importance of understanding history.

Source: Taipei Times February 28, 2026 16:04 UTC