A new book on the Kaohsiung Incident claims that a man with an organized crime background was instructed to attack Formosa Magazine’s office in Kaohsiung several times before the incident.
The Kaohsiung Incident, also known as the Formosa Incident, refers to a police crackdown, under the then-Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) regime, on a rally held by Formosa Magazine and opposition politicians on Dec. 10, 1979, to mark Human Rights Day.
The book on the incident, as well as the events leading up to it and its aftermath, was released on Saturday by Academia Historica and the National Human Rights Museum.
It claims that
/ Staff writer, with CNAA new book on the Kaohsiung Incident claims that a man with an organized crime background was instructed to attack Formosa Magazine’s office in Kaohsiung several times before the incident.
Taipei, Feb. 19 (CNA) A new book has revealed that a man with an organized crime background was instructed to attack the office of Formosa Magazine in Kaohsiung several times before a demonstration organized by the magazine was suppressed, and then was turned on by the authorities.