By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporterOn the 71st anniversary of the 228 Incident, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday pledged to ascertain responsibility for the 228 Massacre, as she called for reconciliation and promised increased efforts to uncover and make public more information about the massacre and past authoritarian injustices. Yesterday was the first observed anniversary of the Incident following the passage of the Act on Promoting Transitional Justice (促進轉型正義條例) on Dec. 5 last year, a major step toward coming to terms with Taiwan’s tragic past, Tsai said. I hope Taiwan, through transitional justice, can become a freer and more democratic nation with better human rights protections,” Tsai said. “I hope, when it comes to the ‘Taiwan miracle,’ that the world will not only recognize the nation’s economic development and democratization, but also our successes in transitional justice,” Tsai added. Lai’s promise was made in response to the comments of Lin Li-tsai (林黎彩), a 228 Memorial Foundation director and relative of a victim of the Incident.

Source: Taipei Times February 28, 2018 15:56 UTC