‘SPIRITUAL LEADER’: Peng lived in exile abroad for his pro-democracy writings, before retuning in the 1990s and running as the DPP’s first presidential candidate in 1996By Huang Chia-lin and Liu Tzu-hsuan / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNA
Taiwanese democracy pioneer Peng Ming-min (彭明敏), whose advocacy helped the nation transition from an authoritarian state, died yesterday morning at the age of 98.
In announcing his passing on Facebook, the Peng Foundation for Culture and Education said there would be no public funeral, and that Peng would be cremated and interred at the Yanguang Cemetery in Kaohsiung’s Daliao District (大寮).
Presidential Office spokesman Xavier Chang (張惇涵) yesterday said that President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) was saddened by the news, describing Peng as not only a renowned legal academic, but also a trailblazer in Taiwan’s democracy movement.
Peng inspired generations of Taiwanese to safeguard
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Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) on Thursday visited three centenarians in the city, including 102-year-old Wang Te-yung (王德永), whose lifelong passion for photography is apparent in the many photo albums he plans to pass on to his grandchildren.
Readying for celebration of the upcoming Double Ninth Festival on Thursday, the mayor visited the residents bearing gifts of NT$10,000 cash and a fruit basket, in addition to a certificate and golden lock on behalf of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Wang, who lives in Fongshan District (鳳山), was born in northeast China.
It was while attending high school in Japan that he developed