Taiwan’s ongoing transitional justice effort would soon reach a new milestone as the Cabinet takes over the responsibilities of the ad hoc Transitional Justice Committee (TJC), President Tsai Ing-wen (???) said during a 228 Incident memorial in Keelung Monday.

While giving an address in a ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of 1947’s 228 Incident, Tsai said the TJC, which was founded in 2018, would in May issue its final report on human rights violations under the Kuomintang’s (KMT’s) authoritarian rule and come up with suggestions for the promotion of transitional justice and human rights.

Tsai added that the Executive Yuan would take up the task of promoting transitional justice and human rights by establishing a “transitional justice board” under the Cabinet to review and coordinate tasks taken on by different government agencies following the TJC’s dissolution at the end of May.

The board will be headed by Premier Su Tseng-chang (???) to make sure all government branches follow the TJC’s suggestions and put them into practice, according to the president.

Tsai also pledged that her administration would continue to promote the transformation of the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, which is dedicated to the former president of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Chiang is a controversial figure in some quarters given his position as head of the government at the time of the 228 Incident, which saw the then-ruling KMT government kill thousands of civilians during a violent suppression of unrest that began on Feb. 28, 1947.

Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel