DEFENSE MINISTRY AGREES TO REMOVE STATUES OF LATE PRESIDENT: LAWMAKERS
ROC Central News Agency
2007-02-05 12:26:01
(REPEAT)
Taipei, Feb. 4 (CNA) The Ministry of National Defense has agreed to remove all statues of the late President Chiang Kai-shek from barracks around the country before Feb. 28, which will be the 60th anniversary of the so-called 228 Incident, three lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said Saturday.
Citing a report issued last year by the 228 Memorial Foundation, DPP lawmakers Chai Trong-rong, Sandy Yen and Hsueh Ling said in a statement the Chiang Kai-shek was the main culprit behind the 228 Incident in 1947 when troops of the Chinese Nationalist government crushed a revolt in Taiwan, killing thousands of people.
In memory of the incident, the lawmakers said that they asked the Ministry of National Defense to remove the statues before Feb. 28 and that the ministry agreed to their request.
The statement also called for the renaming of the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei as the Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall.
(By Maubo Chang)
ENDITEM/Li
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