DPP, KMT to remember victims of 228 Incident

The family of Yang Deng-hui (楊登惠), one of the victims, said that Yang was taken away by the authorities in 1950 and never came back. They said they did not dare inquire about him until Lee became president. They later found out from a declassified document that Yang had been executed for treason in 1954.

While Ma has proposed the construction of a 228 memorial museum should he be elected, Hsieh said the reality was that such a museum was already planned but the pan blue-controlled legislature had frozen the NT$1.5 billion in funds earmarked for it.

"It is regrettable that the KMT did not use any of its considerable assets to help take care of the victim's families," Hsieh said.

Additional reporting by AFP