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'@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -{{more citations needed|date=June 2017}}{{Cleanup rewrite|date=October 2020}}{{Infobox civilian attack +{{more citations needed|date=June 2017}}{{Infobox civilian attack | title = 1987 Lieyu massacre | partof = [[Cold War]] @@ -36,18 +36,20 @@ ==Background== {{See also|Chinese Civil War|Taiwan Strait Crisis|Two Chinas|Martial law in Taiwan}} -The 1987 Lieyu massacre was preceded by an incident where a young couple from mainland China swam to [[Dadan Island]] seeking [[Right of asylum|asylum]] in late 1984. At that time, all the islets of the Kinmen [[Archipelago]] were considered as war zones under [[Martial Law]], which was to allow the [[Republic of China (Taiwan)]] to prevent an attack by the [[People's Liberation Army]] of the [[Chinese Communist Party]]. The commanding [[Major-general]] of the Dadan Defense Team ({{zh|labels=no|t=大膽守備隊}}), Premier Deputy Division Commander of the 158 Lieyu [[Division (military)|Division]] ({{zh|labels=no|t=烈嶼師}}), received the couple and escorted them to the superior Kinmen Defense Command ({{zh|labels=no|t=金防部}}) on the [[Field army]] level, but was immediately relieved of his post by the Commander General Song Hsin-lian ({{zh|labels=no|t=宋心濂上將}}) for violating the directive to "Accept no [[surrender (military)|surrender]] in the war zone".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.upmedia.mg/news_info.php?SerialNo=75977 |title=Gold award of Wudao Literacy research on March 7 Incident|author= |date=2019-11-23 |newspaper=UP Media}}</ref> +The 1987 Lieyu massacre was preceded by an incident where a young couple from mainland China swam to [[Dadan Island]] seeking [[Right of asylum|asylum]] in late 1984. At that time, all the islets of the Kinmen [[Archipelago]] were considered as war zones under [[Martial Law]], which was to allow the [[Republic of China (Taiwan)]] to prevent an attack by the [[People's Liberation Army]] of the [[People's Republic of China]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ohsir.tw/4654/|title=Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line|author=[[Michael Szonyi]]|date=2008-08-11 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|accessdate= }}</ref> The commanding [[Major-general]] of the Dadan Defense Team ({{zh|labels=no|t=大膽守備隊}}), Premier Deputy Division Commander of the 158 Lieyu [[Division (military)|Division]] ({{zh|labels=no|t=烈嶼師}}), received the couple and escorted them to the superior Kinmen Defense Command ({{zh|labels=no|t=金防部}}) on the [[Field army]] level, but was immediately relieved of his post by the Commander General Song Hsin-lian ({{zh|labels=no|t=宋心濂上將}}) for violating the directive to "Accept no [[surrender (military)|surrender]] in the war zone".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.upmedia.mg/news_info.php?SerialNo=75977 |title=Gold award of Wudao Literacy research on March 7 Incident|author= |date=2019-11-23 |newspaper=UP Media}}</ref> As a result, the commander of the neighboring [[Erdan Island]] ({{zh|labels=no|t=二膽守備隊}}), Deputy Brigade Commander of the 473 Brigade, [[lieutenant-colonel]] Zhong, summoned all the soldiers to reiterate the order that "Whoever lands on the island must be executed without exception". Soon after this statement, he was exceptionally promoted to the position of 472 Nantang [[brigade commander|Brigade Commander]] ({{zh|labels=no|t=南塘旅}}), taking charge of all the units in the South [[Lieyu, Kinmen|Lieyu]] Defense Team ({{zh|labels=no|t=烈嶼南守備隊}}), whereas General Song was promoted as the Director of [[National Security Bureau (Taiwan)|National Security Bureau]] back to Taipei in December, 1985. -At noon on 28 February 1987, one week before the Lieyu massacre, a local Chinese [[fishing boat]] crossed [[Xiamen Bay]]. It was intensely fired upon until it caught fire near [[Dadan Island]]. The [[fishermen]] on board waved a white cloth in an attempt to communicate their surrender. However, the boat was sunk by [[tank gun]] shots ordered by the new Dadan commander, Major-general Chien Yi-hu ({{zh|labels=no|t=錢奕虎少將}}) after receiving the approval of the Kinmen Defense Commander, General Zhao Wan-fu ({{zh|labels=no|t=趙萬富上將|p= Zhào Wànfù}}). There was only one survivor, who swam to cling onto a [[Rock (geology)|rock]] nearby, but who was eventually lost to the tidal waves.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} +In August 1986, the new Kinmen Defense Commander, General Zhao Wan-fu ({{zh|labels=no|t=趙萬富上將|p= Zhào Wànfù}})<ref>Zhao Wan-fu, Chinese Encyclopedia [https://www.itsfun.com.tw/%E8%B6%99%E8%90%AC%E5%AF%8C/wiki-5531571 《Zhao Wan-fu》], quoting the official archive of [[Nanhua County]], [[Yunnan]], Apr. 26, 2010</ref> instructed the 158 Division Commander, [[Major-general]] Gong Li ({{zh|labels=no|t=龔力少將}}) to construct 2 propaganda walls with slogan proclaiming "[[Three Principles of the People]] Unify China" facing the international seaway of [[Xiamen Bay]] - one on Dadan; the other on Erdan. + +At noon on 28 February 1987, one week before the Lieyu massacre, a local Chinese [[fishing boat]] crossed Xiamen Bay. It was intensely fired upon until it caught fire near Dadan. The [[fishermen]] on board waved a white cloth in an attempt to communicate their surrender. However, the boat was sunk by [[tank gun]] shots ordered by the new Dadan commander, Major-general Chien Yi-hu ({{zh|labels=no|t=錢奕虎少將}}) after receiving the approval of General Zhao.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.xuite.net/tys330823/twblog/brick-view/430247022|title=Memoir to the Old Friends in Kinmen March 7 Incident|author=Major-general Yan Hao|date=2016-07-07 |publisher=Xuiwo}}</ref> There was only one survivor, who swam to cling onto a [[Rock (geology)|rock]] nearby, but who was eventually lost to the rising tides.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pcdvd.com.tw/printthread.php?t=502476&page=14&pp=10|title=2355 casualties in 5 years during peace time in ROC Army|author=NZCYM|date=2007-04-18 |publisher=PCDVD}}</ref> ==Massacre== In the morning of 7 March 1987, a boat carrying Vietnamese refugees who had been rejected in Hong Kong earlier arrived in [[Kinmen]] requesting [[political asylum]]. Kinmen Defense Commander, General Zhao rejected the request, and ordered a patrol boat of the [[Amphibious reconnaissance|Amphibious Reconnaissance]] [[Battalion]] (ARB-101, {{zh|labels=no|t=海龍蛙兵}}) to tow away the boat from the shore with a warning not to return. However, for reasons unclear, the information about the boat's presence in the Southern sea was never forwarded to the front line of the coastal defense units, including those in the [[Lieyu, Kinmen|Lieyu]] island. -As a seasonal heavy [[fog]] appeared on the coast and gradually turned clear in the afternoon, the Vietnamese boat was sighted off the south shore at 16:37. The local 1st Dashanding Infantry [[Battalion]] ({{zh|labels=no|t=大山頂營}}) Commander Major Liu, the 472 [[Brigade]] Commander Colonel Zhong and the 158 Division G3 Chief Operation Officer ({{zh|labels=no|t=參三科科長}}) Colonel arrived at the scene with staff officers. Warning shots, followed by expelling shots, then destroying shots as per the procedure steps of Army [[Rules of engagement|Rule of Engagement]] were fired by the [[Republic of China Armed Forces|ROC military]], but the Vietnamese boat was stranded on the sand beach south-west of Donggang ({{zh|labels=no|p=Dōnggāng}}) Fishery Port (Fort L-05), a sensitive strategic point in front of a mobile [[M30 mortar]] position with the communication center nicknamed "L-04" on hill with a 30-degree angle of blind corner on radar screen by the steep landform in front of the classified [[240 mm howitzer M1]] (aka. "Black Dragon" or "[[Nuclear cannon|Nuclear Cannon]]") [[Railway gun|rail-gun]] positions of Kinmen Defense Command, and the 155/105&nbsp;mm artillery battalions of 158 Division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.sina.com.tw/a1823145/article.php?pbgid=5568&entryid=591491|title=<West Wing of Donggang Shore> ||author=Kinmen Tribe|date=2010-07-04}}</ref> It was hit by [[crossfire]] and two [[M72 LAW]] [[bazooka]] shots by the WPN Company in reinforcement. [[Armor-piercing shell]]s penetrated through the wooden [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]] without [[detonation]]. Three unarmed Vietnamese men jumped off the boat, raised their hands, and pled in Chinese, "Don't shoot...!" but were all shot dead instantly.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} +As a seasonal heavy [[fog]] appeared on the coast and gradually turned clear in the afternoon, the Vietnamese boat was sighted off the south shore at 16:37. The local 1st Dashanding Infantry [[Battalion]] ({{zh|labels=no|t=大山頂營}}) Commander Major Liu, the 472 [[Brigade]] Commander Colonel Zhong and the 158 Division G3 Chief Operation Officer ({{zh|labels=no|t=參三科科長}}) Colonel arrived at the scene with staff officers. Warning shots, followed by expelling shots, then destroying shots as per the procedure steps of Army [[Rules of engagement|Rule of Engagement]] were fired by the [[Republic of China Armed Forces|ROC military]], but the Vietnamese boat was stranded on the sand beach south-west of Donggang ({{zh|labels=no|p=Dōnggāng}}) Fishery Port (Fort L-05), a sensitive strategic point in front of a mobile [[M30 mortar]] position with the communication center nicknamed "L-04" on hill with a 30-degree angle of blind corner on radar screen by the steep landform in front of the classified [[240 mm howitzer M1]] (aka. "Black Dragon" or "[[Nuclear cannon|Nuclear Cannon]]") [[Railway gun|rail-gun]] positions of Kinmen Defense Command, and the 155/105&nbsp;mm artillery battalions of 158 Division.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.sina.com.tw/a1823145/article.php?pbgid=5568&entryid=591491|title=<West Wing of Donggang Shore> ||author=Kinmen Tribe|date=2010-07-04}}</ref> It was hit by [[crossfire]] and two [[M72 LAW]] [[bazooka]] shots by the WPN Company in reinforcement. [[Armor-piercing shell]]s penetrated through the sky-blue wooden [[Hull (watercraft)|hull]] without [[detonation]]. Three unarmed Vietnamese men jumped off the boat, raised their hands, and pled in Chinese, "Don't shoot...!" but were all shot dead instantly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ohsir.tw/4654/|title=Taiwanese version of the "Banality of Evil": Do you have the courage not to shoot?|author=Yenshi Scholar|date=2019-05-22 |publisher=the Office of Historical Suspense Investigation and Research}}</ref> -The local 3rd Dongang [[Company (military unit)|Company]] ({{zh|labels=no|t=東崗連}}) Commander, Captain Zhang, received the order from the brigade commander to dispatch a search team boarding the boat. Two [[hand grenades]] were thrown into the boat, then found that all the passengers were [[Vietnam]]ese refugees with no weapon on board. The passengers said the vessel had experienced a mechanical failure. Because of the heavy fog, the strong seasonal [[Ocean current|currents]] and the rising [[tide]] since late afternoon, the boat drifted into the open bay. The surviving passengers and the bodies of the dead were taken out of the boat and placed on the beach with neither [[first aid]] nor any [[life support]] supply rendered. Followed by intense [[telecommunication]] with the Division Headquarter (DHQ), the commanders at the scene received orders from their superiors - alleged directly by Commander General Zhao - to execute the passengers to eliminate all the eyewitnesses. Some received multiple shots when one bullet did not kill. Among the bodies piled were elderly, women, one [[pregnant]], children, and a baby in a [[sweater]]. +The local 3rd Dongang [[Company (military unit)|Company]] ({{zh|labels=no|t=東崗連}}) Commander, Captain Zhang, received the order from the brigade commander to dispatch a search team boarding the boat. Two [[hand grenades]] were thrown into the boat, then found that all the passengers were [[Vietnam]]ese refugees with no weapon on board. The passengers said the vessel had experienced a mechanical failure. Because of the heavy fog, the strong seasonal [[Ocean current|currents]] and the rising [[tide]] since late afternoon, the boat drifted into the open bay. The surviving passengers and the bodies of the dead were taken out of the boat and placed on the beach with neither [[first aid]] nor any [[life support]] supply rendered. Followed by intense [[telecommunication]] with the Division Headquarter (DHQ), the commanders at the scene received orders from their superiors - alleged directly by Commander General Zhao - to execute the passengers to eliminate all the eyewitnesses. Some received multiple shots when one bullet did not kill. Among the bodies piled were elderly, women, one [[pregnant]], children, and a baby in a [[sweater]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Win Zen|title=<Donggang Fort and Incident>|url=http://winzen64.pixnet.net/blog/post/30134654-%E6%9D%B1%E5%B4%97%E6%93%9A%E9%BB%9E%E8%88%87%E6%9D%B1%E5%B4%97%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6|date= 2012-08-11}}{{in lang|zh-tw}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Lu Xia-zhen|title=<March 7 Incident at Donggang>|url=http://blog.xuite.net/yisunlu/twblog/127190833-%E6%9D%B1%E5%B4%97%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%83%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6|date= 2008-09-26}}</ref> -In the morning 09:00 of 8 March 1987, the [[Medic]]al [[Platoon]] of the [[Headquarters and Headquarters Company|Battalion Headquarter]] (BHQ) Company was called in to bury all the bodies at the beach. The platoon members were ordered to execute any surviving refugees. The wounded were buried alive, and those who were still moving or crying were dictated to be killed by military shovels. The entire boat was also instructed to be burned down aside from the only 3-blade propeller non-flammable to gasoline, then all buried in sand to destroy all the evidence right away. The last victim, a little boy being hidden underneath a board cell was also found and executed by order without exception. The guarding [[sergeant]] of the BHQ company counted the bodies as more than nineteen.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} +In the morning 09:00 of 8 March 1987, the [[Medic]]al [[Platoon]] of the [[Headquarters and Headquarters Company|Battalion Headquarter]] (BHQ) Company was called in to bury all the bodies at the beach. The platoon members were ordered to execute any surviving refugees. The wounded were buried alive, and those who were still moving or crying were dictated to be killed by military shovels.<ref>{{cite news|author=Hao Guang-tsai|title=<Seeing One's Own Shadow When Turning Back of Sun>|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLRC-4ULl5Y|publisher=[[China Television|CTV]]|date= 2016-03-18}}{{in lang|zh-tw}}</ref> The entire boat was also instructed to be burned down aside from the only 3-blade propeller non-flammable to gasoline, then all buried in sand to destroy all the evidence right away. The last victim, a little boy being hidden underneath a board cell was also found and executed by order without exception. The guarding [[sergeant]] of the BHQ company counted the bodies as more than nineteen.<ref>{{cite web|author=Taconet|title=<Fort L-05>|url=https://taconet.pixnet.net/blog/post/38353213-l-05%E6%93%9A%E9%BB%9E|publisher=«Lieyu Observation Notes» |date= 2012-11-12}}{{in lang|zh-tw}}</ref> Since some [[Combat Medic|medics]] defied the direct order of victim execution, [[brigade commander]] Zhong instructed the Nantang [[Headquarters and Headquarters Company|Brigade Headquarter]] (RHQ) Company commander captain leading 1/3 soldiers to take over the [[Battalion]] headquarter and the BHQ company as the emergency measure to maintain order. Later that day, a real fishing boat from [[China]] approached the coast attempting to check out what happened. It was also shot to destroy, and sunk in the open sea with 4 confirmed kills to assure all lips sealed - which some veterans later called the "March 8 Incident".<ref>Ah-hsin, 158D veteran, "20th Memorial to the Donggang Incident", (阿信 [https://natac.pixnet.net/blog/post/99733293-%E6%9D%B1%E5%B4%97%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81%E9%80%B1%E5%B9%B4 《東崗事件二十週年》]，難得緣份～金誠連部落格), Mar. 7, 2007</ref> @@ -56,11 +58,11 @@ ==Revelation== -The native store owner heard the crying of refugees overnight and made a phone call to inform the [[National Assembly (Republic of China)|National Assembly]] member, [[Huang Chao-hui]] in [[Kaohsiung]], but the contact was soon lost whereas all civilian and public long-distance phone calls being also routinely monitored by the Communication Supervision Section of Kinmen Defense Command.<ref>Yung-yuan, [https://home.gamer.com.tw/creationDetail.php?sn=3018241 "Related reportage entries on March 7 Incident"]《三七事件相關報導》clipping data, Bahamut, Nov. 15, 2015</ref> Nevertheless, the bodies were not buried deeply on the first scene. Influenced by tidal [[seawater]] and high temperatures, the bodies soon began to [[decompose]] and were dug out by [[wild dog]]s from the [[landfill]] ({{zh|labels=no|t=小金垃圾場}}) on the back side of the western hill. Accounts of [[ghost]] sightings prompted villagers to hold religious ceremonies, making it all the more difficult to block the news.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} +The native store owner heard the crying of refugees overnight and made a phone call to inform the [[National Assembly (Republic of China)|National Assembly]] member, [[Huang Chao-hui]] in [[Kaohsiung]], but the contact was soon lost whereas all civilian and public long-distance phone calls being also routinely monitored by the Communication Supervision Section of Kinmen Defense Command.<ref>Yung-yuan, [https://home.gamer.com.tw/creationDetail.php?sn=3018241 "Related reportage entries on March 7 Incident"]《三七事件相關報導》clipping data, Bahamut, Nov. 15, 2015</ref> Nevertheless, the bodies were not buried deeply on the first scene. Influenced by tidal [[seawater]] and high temperatures, the bodies soon began to [[decompose]] and were dug out by [[wild dog]]s from the [[landfill]] ({{zh|labels=no|t=小金垃圾場}}) on the back side of the western hill. Accounts of [[ghost]] sightings prompted villagers to hold religious ceremonies, making it all the more difficult to block the news.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIlUPcN63L8|title=Polaris telling stories|author=Major-general Yu Bei-chen|date=2020-05-03|publisher=General Late Calls}}</ref> -In early May 1987, [[British Hong Kong]] newspapers first reported the massacre.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.peoplenews.tw/news/18131c51-15f6-4176-97f0-825641326e80 |title=With Blue and Green, Taiwan can survive forever |author=Hong Bo-xue |date=2015-12-14 |newspaper=Taiwan People News}}</ref> Informed by the overseas office, higher officials questioned the Kinmen Defense Command but got no concrete response; instead, the Command swapped this coast defense [[battalion]] from the front line with another reserve battalion in the training base in urgency in order to strengthen the personnel control and communication restriction to prevent further leaking news, and their unit designation codes were also shifted for the following 2 years to confuse outsiders. Twice of [[bribery|"extra bonus"]] cash summing up to half a month of a [[captain]]'s salary, $6,000 were also abnormally awarded to the [[company commander]]s against the government regulation and ethics on the eve of [[Dragon boat festival]].<ref>Guang Tang, [http://www.taiwantt.org.tw/tw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2800&Itemid=57 <March 7 Incident in Kinmen - ROC Army version of>] [[My Lai Massacre]], Taiwan Tati Cultural And Educational Foundation, Nov 08, 2010</ref> Until the end of May, recently discharged [[conscription|conscript]] soldiers from Kinmen began to arrive in Taiwan Proper by the term schedule and finally able to appeal to the newly founded [[opposition party]], [[Democratic Progressive Party]]. The information of the massacre started to spread in Taiwan.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}} +In early May 1987, [[British Hong Kong]] newspapers first reported the massacre.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.peoplenews.tw/news/18131c51-15f6-4176-97f0-825641326e80 |title=With Blue and Green, Taiwan can survive forever |author=Hong Bo-xue |date=2015-12-14 |newspaper=Taiwan People News}}</ref> Informed by the overseas office, higher officials questioned the Kinmen Defense Command but got no concrete response; instead, the Command swapped this coast defense [[battalion]] from the front line with another reserve battalion in the training base in urgency in order to strengthen the personnel control and communication restriction to prevent further leaking news, and their unit designation codes were also shifted for the following 2 years to confuse outsiders. Twice of [[bribery|"extra bonus"]] cash summing up to half a month of a [[captain]]'s salary, $6,000 were also abnormally awarded to the [[company commander]]s against the government regulation and ethics on the eve of [[Dragon boat festival]].<ref>Guang Tang, [http://www.taiwantt.org.tw/tw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2800&Itemid=57 <March 7 Incident in Kinmen - ROC Army version of>] [[My Lai Massacre]], Taiwan Tati Cultural And Educational Foundation, Nov 08, 2010</ref> Until the end of May, recently discharged [[conscription|conscript]] soldiers from Kinmen began to arrive in Taiwan Proper by the term schedule and finally able to appeal to the newly founded [[opposition party]], [[Democratic Progressive Party]]. The information of the massacre started to spread in Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web|author=Guan Ren-jian|title=<ROC Army Massacre Vietnamese Refugees in March Incident>|url=http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/kuan0416/post/1304293327 |publisher=PChome News|date= 2008-03-07}}</ref>. As a key witness at the DHQ Situation Room ({{zh|labels=no|t=師部戰情室}}) when the massacre occurred for the investigation by the end of May, the Chief Intelligence Officer of 158 Division G2 (參二科科長), Lieutenant-colonel Xu Lai ({{zh|labels=no|t=徐萊中校}}), mysteriously disappeared after a supervision task over a company-level night patrol and checkpoints, same to another [[non-commissioned officer]] at post within a week. Their bodies were never found.<ref>Xu Tim, [https://medico.pixnet.net/blog/post/26952464-%E7%88%B6%E8%A6%AA(%E4%B8%8A)-%E9%87%91%E9%96%80%E5%B1%A0%E6%AE%BA%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6] "My father in the Kinmen massacre" (徐霆《父親(上) 金門屠殺事件》), Jun. 4, 2008</ref> -On 5 June 1987, ''[[Independence Evening Post]]'' was the first Taiwanese newspaper reporting the massacre with the formal questioning by the newly elected [[Parliament Member]] and future First Lady [[Wu Shu-chen]] from the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] to the [[Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)|Ministry of National Defense]] during the general assembly of [[Legislative Yuan]]. Her questions were repeatedly denied by the Military Spokesman, [[Major-general]] Zhang Hui Yuan ({{zh|labels=no|t=張慧元少將}}), who accused the [[Congresswoman]], Mme. Wu of "sabotaging the national reputation", and claimed it was actually "a Chinese [[fishing boat]] being sunk in the sea after ignoring the warnings".<ref>{{cite journal | title=No Entrance without Invitation for Mainland Democracy Fighters | author=Wen Hsian-shen | url=https://store.gvm.com.tw/magazine_information_38.html |journal=Global Views Monthly《遠見雜誌》| issue=Vol.38 }} Aug. 1989</ref> The uniformed propaganda was broadcast in the evening news on all public TV channels that night, and since next morning on 6 June, all local newspapers received the government instructions to publicize the press release of the [[Central News Agency (Taiwan)|Central News Agency]] originated from the Military News Agency ({{zh|labels=no|t=軍聞社}}). +On 5 June 1987, ''[[Independence Evening Post]]'' was the first Taiwanese newspaper reporting the massacre with the formal questioning by the newly elected [[Parliament Member]] (and future First Lady) [[Wu Shu-chen]], along with PM [[Chang Chun-hsiung]] and PM [[Kang_Ning-hsiang]] from the [[Democratic Progressive Party]] to the [[Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)|Ministry of National Defense]] during the general assembly of [[Legislative Yuan]]. Her questions were repeatedly denied by the Military Spokesman, Major-general Zhang Hui Yuan ({{zh|labels=no|t=張慧元少將}}), who accused the [[Congresswoman]], Mme. Wu of "sabotaging the national reputation", and claimed it was actually "a Chinese [[fishing boat]] being sunk in the sea after ignoring the warnings".<ref>{{cite journal | title=No Entrance without Invitation for Mainland Democracy Fighters | author=Wen Hsian-shen | url=https://store.gvm.com.tw/magazine_information_38.html |journal=Global Views Monthly《遠見雜誌》| issue=Vol.38 }} Aug. 1989</ref> The uniformed propaganda was broadcast in the evening news on all public TV channels that night, and since next morning on 6 June, all local newspapers received the government instructions to publicize the press release of the [[Central News Agency (Taiwan)|Central News Agency]] originated from the Military News Agency ({{zh|labels=no|t=軍聞社}}). The case was classified as military secret ever since for 20 years to prevent any further leaking information or the prosecution will apply.<ref>[[Cheng Nan-jung]]，[http://www.nylon.org.tw/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=288:2011-02-19-06-07-06&catid=2:2009-04-05-16-41-44&Itemid=9 <Courage! Don't let the Military become the Final Arbiter!>], <Freedom Era Weekly> Ver. 237，Aug. 13, 1988</ref> The following media reports were censored and the publication were banned by the Nationalist government. Eventually when the police broke into the ''Freedom Era Weekly'' ({{zh|labels=no|t=自由時代周刊}}, which had publicized the case interviews and editorials before) magazine office for arrest with another count of [[Treason]] charge in April, 1989, [[Editor-in-chief]], [[Cheng Nan-jung]] [[Self-immolation|set himself on fire]] then died in blaze to protest for the [[freedom of speech]]. Military Journalist Zhang You-hua ({{zh|labels=no|t=張友驊}}) of ''Independence Evening Post'' on the other hand was sentenced to 1 year and 7 months with a probation period of 3 years in November 1991. @@ -74,5 +76,5 @@ In October 1987, Brigade Commander Zhong was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months for [[Aiding and abetting|abetting]] [[murders]]; Battalion Commander Major Liu was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months for being an [[accomplice]] to [[serial murders]]; WPN and 3rd Company commanders, Captain Li and Captain Zhang, both were sentenced to 1 year and 8 months for serial murders - but all the sentences were commuted with a [[probation]] period of 3 years, therefore none of the convicted field commanders was required to spend one day in the prison though under heavy pressure from the international society and media later, they stayed in rank with posts suspended to continue service without pay until the end of term before relocating to training officer positions; [[Brigade commander|Brigade Commander]] Zhong took a senior lead [[colonel]] position in a [[military academy]], Army Communication, Electronics and Information School. Their later regular [[retirement]] and [[pension]] plans were not affected. -The superior officers received no official punishment, and recovered their military career after President Chiang suddenly died in January, 1988.<ref>Guan Ren-jian，[http://hanreporter.blogspot.ca/2013/07/blog-post_29.html <The Unspoken Army Rules You Don't Know>], Digital Newspaper Network, Jul. 29, 2013</ref> [[Chief of staff|Principal staff officer]], Major-general Fan Jai-yu ({{zh|labels=no|t=范宰予少將}}) was promoted to the commander of the 210 [[Heavy infantry|Heavy Infantry]] Division of [[Hualien County|Hualien]] Expansion in 1989, then further ranked to Lieutenant General, Commander of the [[Penghu]] Defense Command in 1994, and the principal of the [[Fu Hsing Kang College|Political Warfare Cadres Academy]] in 1996; [[Division (military)|Division]] Commander, Major-general Gong Li (龔力少將) was shifted to the Chief of Staff of the War College ({{zh|labels=no|t=戰爭學院}}), [[National Defense University (Republic of China)|National Defense University]], then promoted to the Deputy Commander of the Huadong Defense Command ({{zh|labels=no|t=花東防衛司令部}}) in 1992, and the Civil Level-12 Director of [[Banqiao District]] House ({{zh|labels=no|t=榮譽國民之家}}) of the [[Veterans Affairs Council]] in 2000; Kinmen Defense Commander Zhao was promoted to Deputy Chief Commander [[Republic of China Army rank insignia|General]] of the [[Republic of China Army]] in 1989, and further to Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the [[Republic of China Armed Forces]] in 1991; then appointed with honours as a strategy advisor ({{zh|labels=no|t=戰略顧問}}) to the President of the Republic of China in 2 terms, and then the permanent title as the reviewer member ({{zh|labels=no|t=中評委}}) of the [[Central Committee]] of the [[ruling party]], [[Kuomintang]] ([[Chinese Nationalist Party]]) till his death on Feb. 28, 2016. His official funeral was proceeded with his coffin covered by the [[Flag of the Republic of China|National Flag]], the [[military salute]] of the top-ranked generals,<ref>Zhou Li-hsing, [https://n.yam.com/Article/20160330634114 Public Cenerony for General Zhao Wanfu with Vice President Wu Issuing the Commendation Order], Military News Agency, Mar. 30 2016</ref> and [[Vice-president]] [[Wu Den-yih]] presenting the Commendation Decree of [[President (government title)|President]] [[Ma Ying-jeou]], who praises Zhao's 50-year career in [[national security]] with so-called "[[loyalty]], [[diligence]], [[bravery]], [[Persistence (psychology)|perseverance]], [[intelligence]], [[wisdom]], [[insight]] and [[Effectiveness|proficiency]]" (''{{zh|labels=no|t=忠勤勇毅，才識閎通}}''), whereas "His [[virtue]] and [[Behavior|conducts]] have set a good example [[Role model|model]] for future generation to follow...." (''{{zh|labels=no|t=武德景行，貽範永式... 逾五十載攄忠護民，越半世紀衛國干城，崇勛盛業，青史聿昭}}'').<ref>[[President (government title)|President]] [[Ma Ying-jeou]], [http://www.president.gov.tw/Default.aspx?tabid=131&rmid=514&itemid=36990 Commendation decree]，[[Office of the President of the Republic of China]], Mar. 25, 2016</ref> +The superior officers received no official punishment, and recovered their military career after President Chiang suddenly died in January, 1988.<ref>Guan Ren-jian，[http://hanreporter.blogspot.ca/2013/07/blog-post_29.html <The Unspoken Army Rules You Don't Know>], Digital Newspaper Network, Jul. 29, 2013</ref> [[Chief of staff|Principal staff officer]], Major-general Fan Jai-yu ({{zh|labels=no|t=范宰予少將}}) was promoted to the commander of the 210 [[Heavy infantry|Heavy Infantry]] Division of [[Hualien County|Hualien]] Expansion in 1989, then further ranked to [[Lieutenant general|Lieutenant-general]], Commander of the [[Penghu]] Defense Command in 1994, and the Principal of the [[Fu Hsing Kang College|Political Warfare Cadres Academy]] in 1996; [[Division (military)|Division]] Commander, Major-general Gong Li was shifted to the Chief of Staff of the War College ({{zh|labels=no|t=戰爭學院}}), [[National Defense University (Republic of China)|National Defense University]], then promoted to the Deputy Commander of the Huadong Defense Command ({{zh|labels=no|t=花東防衛司令部}}) in 1992, and the Civil Level-12 Director of [[Banqiao District]] House ({{zh|labels=no|t=榮譽國民之家}}) of the [[Veterans Affairs Council]] in 2000; Kinmen Defense Commander Zhao was promoted to Deputy Chief Commander [[Republic of China Army rank insignia|General]] of the [[Republic of China Army]] in 1989, and further to Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the [[Republic of China Armed Forces]] in 1991; then appointed with honours as a Strategy Advisor ({{zh|labels=no|t=戰略顧問}}) to the President of the Republic of China in 2 terms, and then the permanent title as the Reviewer Member ({{zh|labels=no|t=中評委}}) of the [[Central Committee]] of the [[ruling party]], [[Kuomintang]] ([[Chinese Nationalist Party]]) till his death on Feb. 28, 2016. His official funeral was proceeded with his coffin covered by the [[Flag of the Republic of China|National Flag]], the [[military salute]] of the top-ranked generals,<ref>Zhou Li-hsing, [https://n.yam.com/Article/20160330634114 Public Cenerony for General Zhao Wanfu with Vice President Wu Issuing the Commendation Order], Military News Agency, Mar. 30 2016</ref> and [[Vice-president]] [[Wu Den-yih]] presenting the Commendation Decree of [[President (government title)|President]] [[Ma Ying-jeou]], who praises Zhao's 50-year career in [[national security]] with so-called "[[loyalty]], [[diligence]], [[bravery]], [[Persistence (psychology)|perseverance]], [[intelligence]], [[wisdom]], [[insight]] and [[Effectiveness|proficiency]]" (''{{zh|labels=no|t=忠勤勇毅，才識閎通}}''), whereas "His [[virtue]] and [[Behavior|conducts]] have set a good example [[Role model|model]] for future generation to follow...." (''{{zh|labels=no|t=武德景行，貽範永式... 逾五十載攄忠護民，越半世紀衛國干城，崇勛盛業，青史聿昭}}'').<ref>[[President (government title)|President]] [[Ma Ying-jeou]], [http://www.president.gov.tw/Default.aspx?tabid=131&rmid=514&itemid=36990 Commendation decree]，[[Office of the President of the Republic of China]], Mar. 25, 2016</ref> The development of [[Republic_of_China_Armed_Forces#Nuclear_weapons_program|nuclear weapon program]] was eventually exposed by Colonel [[Chang Hsien-yi]], Deputy Director of the [[Institute of Nuclear Energy Research]] at the [[National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology]] defecting to the United States in January, 1988.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sui|first=Cindy|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39252502|title=The man who helped prevent a nuclear crisis|date=2017-05-18|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-04-17|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author1=Chen Yi-shen|title=Chang Hsien-yi: I didn't betray Taiwan; I betrayed Hau Pei-tsun|url=http://www.storm.mg/article/208995|accessdate=2017-01-08|agency=Storm Media Group|date=2017-01-08}}</ref> Over 100 years after its establishment in 1911, the Republic of China still doesn't have the [[Refugee law|Refugee Law]] today,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pnn.pts.org.tw/project/inpage/2077|title=The Plight of Syrian Kurds on Taiwan Island|author=Chiu Yi-ling, Wang Hsi|date=2019-03-21|publisher=News Center, [[Public Television Service]]|accessdate=2020-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Liu De-hsun|title=We Should Promote Refugee Law Legislation to Implement National Concept of Human Rights|url=http://www.mac.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=68201&ctNode=5645&mp=2|agency=[[Mainland Affairs Council]], Legislative Yuan|date=2008-01-22}}</ref> not to mention that the Government has never rendered an [[Remorse|apology]] nor any legal [[Financial compensation|compensation]] to the victim families or the victim country.<ref>{{cite news|title=Taiwan Legislators and Human Rights Groups Propose "Five International Human Rights Laws"|url=https://www.epochtimes.com/b5/10/3/2/n2833166.htm|author=Zheng Yi-chen, Wu Cin-xi|publisher=[[The Epoch Times]]|date=2010-03-02|accessdate=2020-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A New Page of Taiwan: Promoting the Legislation of Five International Human Rights Law|url=http://www.taiwanncf.org.tw/ttforum/49/49-18.pdf|author=Zhu Wan-chi|publisher=Taiwan New Century Foundation|date=2010-03-30}}</ref> @@ -105,6 +107,6 @@ * [[Chauvinism]], [[Totalitarianism]], [[Militarism]] * [[Freedom of the press]], [[Chilling effect]], [[Culture of fear]] -* [[Indochina refugee crisis]] -* [[Taiwan–Vietnam relations]] +* [[Indochina refugee crisis]], [[White Terror (Taiwan)]] +* [[Cross-Strait relations]], [[Taiwan–Vietnam relations]] * [[Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident]] * [[Min Ping Yu No. 5202]] @@ -116,12 +118,8 @@ *{{cite book|author=Hau Pei-tsun|title=<8-year Diary of the Chief of the General Staff (1981-1989)>|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2WKCAAAAIAAJ|publisher=Commonwealth Publishing |date= 2000-01-01|ISBN=9576216389}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} *{{cite book|author=Liu Wen-xiao|title=<Special Reportage of 20the Memorial of Donggan Massacre in Little Quemoy>, «WPN Tactics Illustration», Ver. 32-38 |url= |publisher=«Wings of China» Publication|date=2007-05-20}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} -*{{cite book|author=Li Bo-han|title=<Limitation of International Human Rights Law in the Eyes Cross the Borders: Refugees and Stateless People>|url=https://plainlaw.me/2017/04/25/refugee_and_statelessness/ |publisher=«Plain Laws» |date= 2017-04-25}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} -*{{cite book|author=Guan Ren-jian|title=<The Taiwan you don't know: Stories of ROC Arm Forces>|url=https://share.readmoo.com/book/1913|publisher=Puomo Digital Publishing |date= 2008-03-07| ISBN=9789576636493}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} -*{{cite web|author=Lu Xia-zhen|title=<March 7 Incident at Donggang>|url=http://blog.xuite.net/yisunlu/twblog/127190833-%E6%9D%B1%E5%B4%97%E4%B8%89%E4%B8%83%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6|date= 2008-09-26}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} -*{{cite web|author=Win Zen|title=<Donggang Fort and Incident>|url=http://winzen64.pixnet.net/blog/post/30134654-%E6%9D%B1%E5%B4%97%E6%93%9A%E9%BB%9E%E8%88%87%E6%9D%B1%E5%B4%97%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6|date= 2012-08-11}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} -*{{cite web|author=Taconet|title=<Fort L-05>|url=https://taconet.pixnet.net/blog/post/38353213-l-05%E6%93%9A%E9%BB%9E|publisher=«Lieyu Observation Notes» |date= 2012-11-12}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} +*{{cite book|author=Guan Ren-jian|title=<The Taiwan you don't know: Stories of ROC Arm Forces>|url=https://share.readmoo.com/book/1913|publisher=Puomo Digital Publishing |date= 2011-09-01| ISBN=9789576636493}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} *{{cite news|author=|title=<Military Eliminates Witnesses - Spokesman Denies for A Reason>|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9DNoZ78Vbk|publisher=[[CTi News]]|date= 2013-08-04}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} *{{cite news|author=|title=<How to Answer Killing 3 Refugees by Mistake? Brigade Commander Makes Decision>|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ezlRsD_G0|publisher=[[CTi News]] |date= 2013-08-04}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} -*{{cite news|author=Hao Guang-tsai|title=<Seeing One's Own Shadow When Turning Back of Sun>|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLRC-4ULl5Y|publisher=[[China Television|CTV]]|date= 2016-03-18}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} +*{{cite book|author=Li Bo-han|title=<Limitation of International Human Rights Law in the Eyes Cross the Borders: Refugees and Stateless People>|url=https://plainlaw.me/2017/04/25/refugee_and_statelessness/ |publisher=«Plain Laws» |date= 2017-04-25}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} *{{cite news|author=Chiu Yi-ling|title=<Being Humans Anywhere: Reguee Cases and Related Mechanism in Taiwan>|url=https://www.tahr.org.tw/news/2369|publisher= Taiwan Association for Human Rights |date= 2019-02-03}}{{in lang|zh-tw}} '