This year is the 77th anniversary of the February 28th incident. Taiwan ’s president Lai Qingde said that after taking office on May 20, he will continue to guard Taiwan’ s security.Avoid secondary damage to the family members of the victims.
Comprehensive Taiwan Lianhe Daily Free Times and the Central News Agency reported that the Tainan Municipal Government held a peaceful and meditation meeting of the 77th anniversary of the 288th incident in the 288 Memorial Park of Xinying District on Wednesday (February 28).Mayor Huang Weizhe and other people attended the meeting to condolences to the family members of the victims and presented flowers in front of the monument.
Lai Qingde said at the meeting that the February 28 incident was the worst mistake made by the Taiwan government in the history of Taiwan, which led to the victims to sacrifice their lives.For land, social elites have disappeared collectively and hurt Taiwan.
He said that at that time, many people did not dare to say something in their hearts, fearing that political persecution would happen to himself, just like a black cloud shrouded over Taiwan.At the beginning, the government carried out a series of remedial work, including admitting mistakes, apology, compensation, recovery of reputation, commemorative monuments, establishing a foundation, and holding a memorial memory of activities.
Lai Qingde emphasized that in order to allow the sun to continue penetrating Wuyun in the future, he will continue to promote three projects after he served as president on May 20.First of all, we must firmly unite the people, protect Taiwan's security, and promote democracy and prosperity. It is not allowed to occur again.
He continued, the second is to keep reflecting and reviewing the February 28 incident, so that more people understand the nature of the incident, avoid misunderstandings, let the society reconcile and coexist, More tolerant diverse.
Lai Qingde pointed out that the third is to continue to promote the reconciliation of illegal incidents in Taiwan in the past and take care of political victims and family members.The future is an open government. The investigation of the truth will be announced one by one to prevent some people from saying wrong and cause secondary damage to the family members of the victims.
He said that since the politics, he participated in the 228 commemorative event every year. Thinking back to the first time, the victims and the first generation of family members participated. These predecessors gradually did not exist, making him feel deeply.For the better future of Taiwan, I hope everyone can unite and work together.
On February 27, 1947, inspectors of the tobacco and alcohol monopoly bureau investigated and defended smoke near the Dadaocheng Tianma Tea House in Taipei City, and injured the female tobacco dealer Lin Jiangmai and the citizen to kill the citizen Chen Wenxi.On the 28th), the conflict of officials and civilians in Taiwan was detonated.The Kuomintang government sent military forces for force, and it was called the February 28 incident.Taiwan has entered a period of 38 years since 1949.
