More than 40 statues or other authoritarian symbols have been excised since August last year, after the central government removed an additional 11 and local governments eliminated 32, data showed. A bronze statue of former president Chiang Kai-shek stands at the Shihmen Reservoir in Taoyuan yesterday. The Examination Yuan is also to change the names of three locations and remove two bronze statues under its jurisdiction, it added. Meanwhile, the Veterans Affairs Council has moved five of the 61 authoritarian symbols under its jurisdiction to storage or the National Property Administration, and is awaiting approval for them to be removed permanently, the commission said. A bronze statue of Chiang Kai-shek remains at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, as do two administered by the Council of Agriculture, it added.

Source: Taipei Times April 05, 2021 15:56 UTC