TAIPEI, Sept 8 — A government agency tasked with addressing the trauma of Taiwan’s authoritarian past said today it backed the removal of a giant statue of former president Chiang Kai-shek, who oversaw decades of brutal martial law.
Elaborate changing-of-the-guard ceremonies around the statue each hour have long been a major tourist draw. Hundreds of his statues have already been moved to a lakeside park close to his mausoleum in the northern city of Taoyuan. The Transitional Justice Commission was formed three years ago by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party to redress the historical authoritarian excesses of the KMT’s rule between 1945 and 1992.
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