Taipei, Oct. 3 (CNA) Taiwan's Transitional Justice Commission on Saturday exonerated five political prisoners from the charge of overthrowing the government, 51 years after they were executed in 1970 following the Taiyuan Prison Insurrection during the Martial Law era.
The Transitional Justice Commission yesterday posthumously exonerated five prison inmates who were executed after the 1970 Taiyuan Prison Insurrection.
The five Taiwan independence advocates, held at the prison in Taitung County, seized weapons and broke out of the facility, but were later captured.
They hoped to lead an uprising against the nation’s military dictatorship and proclaim independence, said Kao Chin-lang (高金郎), who was a political prisoner in Taiyuan Prison at the time of the insurrection
Kao has for several years organized events to commemorate the five inmates Cheng Chin-ho (鄭金河), Chiang Ping-hsing (江炳興), Chen Liang (陳良), Chan Tien-tseng (詹天增) and
By Lee Hsin-fang and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Transitional Justice Commission yesterday posthumously exonerated five prison inmates who were executed after the 1970 Taiyuan Prison Insurrection.
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