1987 Lieyu massacre

Massacre of Vietnam War refugees by the ROC Army March 2022 March 2022 March 2022 1987 Lieyu massacre the Cold War in Asia and Indochina refugee crisis Km ly.png Donggang, Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Fuchien Province 24 24 54 N 118 14 21 E type:event inline,title Vietnamese boat people y 1987 3 7 – y 1987 3 8 UTC+8 Massacre 24金門三七事件家屬首次來台 盼安置牌位+真相 The family members of the March 7 Incident of Kinmen come to Taiwan for the first time, hoping to place a memorial monument and search for the truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r764oGU7rVA 2024-08-09 2024-08-09 TVBS News Youtube zh-tw Taipei, Taiwan金門三七事件20名越南人遇難 家屬首度來台要求遺體安置祭祀 The families of 24 Vietnamese killed in the March 7 Incident of Kinmen came to Taiwan for the first time to request their bodies to be properly buried, returned and remembered https://news.pts.org.tw/article/709126 Ou Yun-rong Zhang Min-ru 9 August 2024 9 August 2024 PTS NEWS zh-tw Taipei, TaiwanVictims list (partial): Vũ Kim Hùng, Hoàng Thị Dung, Vũ Nga and three family members, Nguyễn Văn Dậu, Trần Kim Thanh, Nguyễn Văn Ánh, Nguyễn Văn Huy, Nguyễn Phi Nga, Nguyễn Thị Toan, Nguyễn Phi Tuấn, Nguyễn Phi Ngọc, Vũ Kim Cường, Vũ Kim Dũng, Lê Hải Hiệp, Hoàng Văn Thái, Hoàng Văn Siếng, Nguyễn Thị Dung, Nguyễn Thị Bích Hằng, Vũ Đình Huân, Trần Quốc Hùng, Nguyễn Văn Hạnh....金門三七事件20名越南人遇難 家屬首度來台要求遺體安置祭祀 The family members of 20 Vietnamese killed in the March 7 Incident of Kinmen came to Taiwan for the first time to request their bodies to be properly buried and remembered https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8Lp6zOlC4o 9 August 2024 9 August 2024 PTV midday news Youtube zh-hant 臺北金門三七慘案逾37年 難民家屬首度來台尋真相 Over 37 years after the March 7 Tragedy of Kinmen, the refugees' family members come to Taiwan for the first time to seek the truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYeXmpleqF8 9 August 2024 9 August 2024 Chinese Television System Youtube zh-tw Taipei, Taiwan 158 Heavy Infantry Division, Kinmen Defense Command, Republic of China Army 3: Order of taking no surrender, 16 (?): Eliminating witnessesOfficial questioning statement of PM HE Mme. Wu Shu-chen to the Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China) (MND) on Session 47, 5 June 1987 – p. 46, Vol. 76, Legislative Yuan Gazette Pub., 1987 （立法院公報）Hsue-fang Lin, Academia Sinica research assistant, "22nd Memorial to the Lieyue Massacre", Lihpao Daily, (林雪芳，中央研究院研究助理，《小金門國軍屠殺越南難民22週年》，台灣立報), 15 March 2009 烈嶼屠殺事件 烈屿屠杀事件 Lièyǔ Túshā Shìjiàn March 7 Incident 三七事件 Sānqī shìjiàn Donggang Incident 東崗事件 东岗事件 Dōnggǎng shìjiàn Donggang Tragedy 東崗慘案 东岗惨案 Dōnggǎng cǎn'àn Incident The 1987 Lieyu massacre occurred on 7 March 1987 at Donggang Bay, Lieyu Island ("Lesser Kinmen" or "Little Quemoy"), Kinmen, Fuchien, Republic of China (ROC) when soldiers from the ROC Army's 158 Heavy Infantry Division killed 24 Vietnamese refugees on the shoreline of Donggang Bay, including eight children (one baby), five women (one pregnant) and eleven men. The ROC military officially denied the massacre and defined it as an incident of "accidental manslaughter" (no 誤殺事件), hence referring to it as the March 7 Incident (no 三七事件) or Donggang Incident (no 東崗事件). Despite the ROC's attempts to cover-up the incident, the massacre sparked political outrage, and partially contributed to the end of the 38-year long period of martial law; it had been in place since the Kuomintang's exodus from mainland China in May 1949. The case remains under investigation. Background Indochina refugee crisis Chinese Civil War Taiwan Strait Crisis Martial law in Taiwan The entire Kinmen Archipelago, a group of about twenty islands and islets, were still considered a war zone at the time and were under martial law. The Kinmen Defense Command (no 金門防衛司令部, or KDC), a field army of the Republic of China (ROC) Army, controlled the islands in an effort to prevent an attack by the People's Liberation Army after the ROC had ended its attempt to retake mainland China by force in 1970.Cold War Island: Quemoy on the Front Line Michael Szonyi Michael Szonyi 11 August 2008 Cambridge University Press 9780521726405 On 18 December 1978, Deng Xiaoping announced the reform and opening up policy, followed by the establishment of 4 special economic zones. The international port of Xiamen was expanded for commercial traffic on 7 October 1980.鄧小平《黨和國家領導制度改革》的講話 "The System Reform of the Party and the State Leadership" Speech of Deng Xiaoping https://cn.nytimes.com/china/20140121/cc21wuwei/ Wei Wu 24 February 2014 20 September 2022 The New York Times zh-hans New York City鄧小平文選 Collection of Deng Xiaoping 3 https://www.marxistphilosophy.org/Deng/Dengxiaowen3.pdf Note 29 People's Press (Beijing) 1993 20 September 2022 978-7-01-001862-1 zh-hans 8 August 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220808125519/https://www.marxistphilosophy.org/Deng/Dengxiaowen3.pdf dead The KDC Commander, General Song Hsin-lien zh 宋心濂, was promoted to director of the National Security Bureau in Taipei on 15 December, and General Chao Wan-fu zh 趙萬富 assumed the command.Li Tian-duo 29 May 2016 情報觀點：最難為的任命 「國家安全局長」？ Intelligence View: The Most Difficult Nomination for the "Director of the National Security Bureau"? https://hk.on.cc/tw/bkn/cnt/commentary/20160529/bkntw-20160529000520872-0529_04411_001.html 15 May 2022 on.cc Hong KongChang Yi-wen 2 May 2015 星期人物》李天鐸：我不相信宋心濂的死是意外 Celebrity of the Week – Tian-duo Li: I don't believe that Song Hsin-lien's death was an accident http://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20150502002078-260407 15 May 2022 China Times TaipeiChao Wan-fu, Chinese Encyclopedia 《Chao Wan-fu》, quoting the official archive of Nanhua County, Yunnan, 26 April 2010 In the following spring, Chao instructed the 158 Division Commander, Major-general Gong Li (no 龔力少將) to construct two propaganda walls—one 3.2m high and 20m long on Dadan Island, and the other on Erdan Island—with slogans proclaiming "Three Principles of the People Unify China" shining with neon lights at night until July 1995. Completed in August 1986, the walls faced the international seaway of Xiamen Bay,Antao 22 December 2009 大、二膽 – 三民主義統一中國心戰牆 "Three Principles of the People Unify China" Walls on Dandan and Erdan https://ttt0920.pixnet.net/blog/post/99711933 27 March 2022 zh-tw where Xi Jinping (later CCP general secretary) was the Deputy Mayor of Xiamen City.Yang Zhong-mei 習近平: 站在歷史十字路口的中共新領導人 4 November 2011 China Times Publishing Co. 978-9571354538 Taipei zh-TW Xi Jinping: The new leader of Chinese Communist Party at the crossroad of history 250px|thumb|Xiamen, Lieyu (center), and Kinmen (left)|center Refugees Following the Vietnam War (1955–1975), the Cambodian–Vietnamese War (1978–1979), and the Sino-Vietnamese War (1979), many Indochinese refugees fled abroad. They often had to move several times as local authorities rejected those displaced by the crisis.Refugee Workers in the Indochina Exodus, 1975–1982 https://www.academia.edu/11971932 Larry Clinton Thompson 2010 20 September 2022 McFarland & Company Academia Jefferson, North Carolina The Penghu Defense Command (no 澎湖防衛司令部 or PDC) cooperated with the "Hai-piao Project" (no 海漂專案) (an arrangement of the Overseas Community Affairs Council and the Chinese Association for Relief and Ensuing Services) to transport 2,098 refugees in 45 boats and the "Ren-de Project" (no 仁德專案) to relocate another 6,497 refugees by air. In total, over 12,500 people were rescued starting in 1975.不漏洞拉：越南船民的故事 Bat lau dung laai: Stories of the Vietnamese refugees Huang Juan-Hui 衛城出版 2017 9789869480239 New Taipei Cityhttps://opinion.cw.com.tw/blog/profile/345/article/5938 【難民船上的人】那些出逃的生命，都講述著我們看不見的歷史 People on the refugees boats: All those escaped lives narrate the unseen history for us Liu Ji-Hsiong 1 August 2017 Opinion, Commonwealth Magazine 20 September 2022 zh-TW Taipei國軍槍殺越南難民黑歷史(三)血染東崗 三七事件教我們的事 The dark history of ROC Army killing Vietnamese refugees, Part III: Bloody Donggang, what the March 7 Incident taught us https://www.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2143779 曾國華 7 September 2022 21 September 2022 Radio Taiwan International zh-TW Taipei On 1 April 1982, the Executive Yuan issued the "Pingjing Project" (no 平靖專案), a procedure instructing the Ministry of National Defense (MND) to return the refugees. The MND updated its standard operating procedure in 1985 but did not actually enforce the new guidance. Instead, the actual practice in the frontline was to kill detainees if a purge failed. They would either bury corpses perfunctorily on the beach or let the tides pull the bodies into the sea. The MND were well aware of the practice, but turned a blind eye. They forged ahead with purposeful "refugee warfare" which endangered national security. Incidents In January 1985, a local Chinese sampan with eight fishermen suffered engine failure and floated ashore at Shi Islet, part of the 473 Brigade's defense region. When the platoon stationed there contacted the KDC for instructions, they were ordered to kill the stranded fishermen. Six died under crossfire but two escaped to a rock cave, kneeling down to beg for mercy. When discovered, those two were pushed off the rock cliff to fall to their death after the KDC reiterated the order to kill the entire crew. A subsequent search of the sampan found only a letter drafted by one of the sailors, a son telling his mother that he had collected sufficient yarn for her to knit a sweater for winter.時論－一封永遠無法寄達的家書 Commentary – A home letter never been delivered https://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20131029000502-260502?chdtv Shi Wen-jie 29 October 2013 26 September 2022 China Times zh-TW Taipei In April 1986, an incident occurred where a young couple, both teachers, swam from Xiamen to Dadan Island seeking asylum. The commander of the Dadan Defense Team (no 大膽守備隊), Premier Deputy Division Commander of the 158 Lieyu Division (no 烈嶼師) Colonel Chien Yi-hu (no 錢奕虎上校), received the couple and escorted them to the KDC headquarters on the main island of Kinmen. Chien was immediately relieved of his post for violating the directive to "accept no surrender in the war zone".https://www.upmedia.mg/news_info.php?SerialNo=75977 【19屍20命】浯島文學首獎探討「三七事件」小金門的殺戮時代 Top Prize of the Wudao Literacy Award for the Research on March 7 Incident, the Killing Era in Lesser Kinmen 23 November 2019 UP Media zh-TW Kinmen In mid-July 1986, General Chao inspected the outlying islets of Lieyu, and noticed that the amphibious reconnaissance battalion (ARB-101, no 海龍蛙兵) took in an unknown person swimming near Dadan after the local garrison failed to expel him away. Chao was furious, condemning the ARB leader, and left in anger; the Dadan commander then called all the units to announce the kill-them-all policy to prevent anybody arriving onshore.軍法審判76年3月7日金門烈嶼駐軍槍殺約20名越南難民調查案件監察院促請法務部研擬非常上訴國防部檢討改進 The Control Yuan urges the Ministry of Justice to draft a special appeal and the Ministry of National Defense to review for improvement for the military trial investigation on the Kinmen Lieyu garrison shooting to kill about 20 Vietnamese refugees on March 7, 1976 https://www.cy.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=125&s=23996 Committee of the Judicial and Prison Administration Affairs 監察院全球資訊網 13 July 2022 2023-03-12 Control Yuan Gazette Taipei zh-TW The neighboring Erdan Island commander (no 二膽守備隊), Deputy Brigade Commander of the 473 Brigade lieutenant colonel Zhong—who had executed 7 stranded fishermen in 1983 and relayed the KDC's order for the aforementioned killings at Shi Islet—also summoned all the soldiers to reiterate the order: "Whoever lands on the island must be executed without exception."解開禁區 Deciphor the Forbidden Areas https://www.kmdn.gov.tw/1117/1271/1276/38523/ Wu Nian-tsai 18 November 2005 7 August 2022 Kinmen Daily News Kinmen zh-TW Soon after, he was promoted to the position of 472 Nantang Brigade Commander (no 南塘旅) and took charge of all the units in the South Lieyu Defense Team (no 烈嶼南守備隊).前線中的前線 走讀神秘軍事要地大膽島，與二膽島文學小說《胡神》 Read the novel "Hushen" of the mysterious military point Dadan and Erdan islands on the frontline of the frontline https://smiletaiwan.cw.com.tw/article/3689 Huang Pei-hsuan Zhang Hui-Hsuan Smile Taiwan 4 September 2020 CommonWealth Magazine 2023-03-12 zh-TW Taipei Nuclear weapons program right 250px Declassified KDC nuclear cannon strike plan covers Xiamen City & international Port of Economy Zone Distance: 10 km, Effective Radius: 8 km, Population: 1.06 million Both the KDC and the Matsu Defense Command (no 馬祖防衛司令部, or MDC) guarded nuclear artillery strike plans targeting neighboring regions during the Cold War. These targeted regions included the strategic Xiamen City, even though the affected radius also covered the ROC's own stationed Dadan and Erdan Islands.ROC Office of the President https://ahonline.drnh.gov.tw 中美關係 (九) 忠勤檔案 ROC-US Relation, Part IX: Zhong-Chin Dossier, declassified Hua-dzong-ji-one #10110057140 on 1 August 2002, Collection of President Chiang Ching-kuo 1 May 1958 2 February 2021 Academia Historica, Digital Collection: 005-010100-00063-001 63 Taipei zh-TW It is alleged that a previous nuclear weapons program undertaken since 1967 was forced to stop in 1977 under the pressure of United States and IAEA, but was followed by another hidden agenda. In 1986, after nearly 20 years of research and simulation testing, a successful minimized nuclear test at the Jioupeng military field in Pingtung was recorded by US satellite imagery; later, in 1988, it was questioned by the director of American Institute in Taiwan, David Dean, according to the diary of Superior-general Hau Pei-tsun.Chen Wei-ting 21 February 2016 電文解密... 1970年代 美阻我兩波核武發展 Telegram Decryption... US Blocked 2 Tides of Nuclear Weapon Development in 1970s http://udn.com/news/story/9492/1515007 https://web.archive.org/web/20160506011809/http://udn.com/news/story/9492/1515007 6 May 2016 13 May 2021 United Daily News zh-TW 20 June 2016 【台灣演義】台灣核子秘辛 The Nuclear Secret in Taiwan History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSWgacjFblg 13 May 2021 Formosa Television zh-TW呂捷 張齡予 17 January 2021 台核武機密保衛戰..揭新竹計畫若成功台灣國防能力就不一樣？ The Defense War of Taiwan's Nuclear Weapons Secret... Once Hsinchu Project Succeeded, Would Taiwan's National Defense Capability Be Different? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve4OPvxllEQ 13 May 2021 SET News zh-TW馬西屏 劉燦榮 23 December 2016 最後一秒老美帶走「已完成的8顆核彈」 失敗新竹計劃讓老蔣含恨 Americans Took Away "8 Completed Nuclear Bombs"; Failed Hsinchu Project Left Chiang Sr. in Pity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV9OTMn-Xhs 13 May 2021 Crucial Time, Eastern Broadcasting Company zh-hant The development of the nuclear weapons 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, who defected to the United States in January 1988.Sui Cindy 18 May 2017 The man who helped prevent a nuclear crisis https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39252502 live https://web.archive.org/web/20170518054219/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39252502 18 May 2017 17 April 2020 BBC News en-GBChen Yi-shen Chen Yi-shen 8 January 2017 張憲義：我沒有背叛台灣 我背叛的是郝柏村 zh-TW Chang Hsien-yi: I didn't betray Taiwan; I betrayed Hau Pei-tsun Storm Media Group http://www.storm.mg/article/208995 8 January 2017 A ROC military agent traced Chang's child after school to locate their home in Washington, D.C. until finally violated the federal witness protection program, further leading to the confrontation of Director Dean with General Hau.Hsu Ming-rong 17 January 2005 張叛逃後 我迅速掌握行蹤 We quickly grasped Chang's whereabouts after his defection https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/focus/paper/4889 27 March 2022 Liberty Times zh-TW Taipei1. Whose military agent? (ROC or American?) 2. It's not clear what "until finally violated..." means. March 2023 Massacre Geneva Conventions Refugee Convention Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees 240x240px|thumb|General Chao's "Three Principles of the People Unify China" wall on Dadan Island 240x240px|thumb|Erdan Island fortress bearing General Chao's same Chinese unification slogans right 250px Last seen disoriented boat trail mark right 250px Dashanding Hill & Donggang Bay right 250px Fishery port (bottom-left), first scene (center) & second scene (mid-left) have been demolished; landform changed right 250px Gen. Hau's Diary (May 20 – Oct. 1) On 6 March 1987, a boat of Vietnamese refugees who had been rejected in Hong Kong arrived in Kinmen to request political asylum. However, General Chao rejected the demand, and ordered an ARB-101 patrol boat to tow away the boat from the shore on the morning of 7 March, with a warning not to return. However, for reasons unclear, information about the boat's presence in the Southern Sea was never forwarded to the front line of the coastal defense units, including those on Lieyu Island. As a seasonal heavy fog appeared on the coast and gradually turned clear in the afternoon, the Vietnamese boat was sighted by an infantry post off the south shore of Lieyu at 16:37, where it had been too close and too late to apply for the indirect fire support by artillery intervention. The local 1st Dashanding Infantry Battalion (no 大山頂營) Commander, Major Liu Yu; the 472 Brigade Commander, Colonel Zhong; and the 158 Division G3 Chief Operation Officer (no 參三科科長), Colonel Han Jing-yue (no 韓敬越), arrived at the scene with staff officers.【金門日曆】東崗事件① 強行登岸者格殺勿論！ Kinmen Calendar – Donggang Incident – Kill All the Forcibly Landed With No Exception! https://whoyotravel.com.tw/donggang-tragedy-part-1/ 金門城武 4 June 2021 12 October 2021 忽悠旅社 zh-tw 4 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211104032201/https://whoyotravel.com.tw/donggang-tragedy-part-1/ dead The 629 Light Artillery Battalion—which happened to be taking a field drill practice in the ancient airport on the northeastern beachfront—launched a single star shell which lit up the background horizon sky, but found no invasion force approaching. Meanwhile, warning shots followed by expelling shots were fired in sequence as per the procedure steps in the rules of engagement, using T57 rifles, .30 caliber, and .50 caliber machine guns in short range by the 3rd Company and the reserve platoons of three companies while another one was coming in, totaling over 200 infantrymen. The Vietnamese boat was stranded on the sand beach southwest of Donggang (no Dōnggāng) Fishery Port (Fort L-05), a sensitive strategic point in front of the mobile positions of M40 recoilless rifles and M30 mortars. Nearby was the communication transit station nicknamed "04" (a homonym of 'You die' in Chinese pronunciation) on a hill with a 30°-angle blind corner on radar screens caused by the steep hillside. This hillside lay in front of the classified 240 mm howitzer M1 ("Black Dragon" or "Nuclear Cannon") railway gun positions of Kinmen Defense Command, and the 155/105 mm artillery battalions of 158 Division.Service of the piece, 8-inch gun M1 and 240-MM howitzer M1 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc11813/ United States. War Department. 1946 31 August 2021 United States Government Publishing Office Washington, D.C.M1 240榴砲(砲兵口述歷史) M1 240 howitzer (artilleryman's oral history) https://a2928796.pixnet.net/blog/post/462803150 60砲的部落格 11 April 2018 31 August 2021 Pixnet zh-twhttp://m.blog.sina.com.tw/5568/article.php?pbgid=5568&entryid=591491 東崗右側海濱 West Wing of Donggang Shore Kinmen Tribe 4 July 2010 27 March 2022 zh-TW Lieyu 31 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210831183408/http://m.blog.sina.com.tw/5568/article.php?pbgid=5568&entryid=591491 dead As such, the foreign boat's landing location on the beach beneath aroused significant concern. The boat was hit by crossfire from L-05, L-06, and Fort Fuxing Islet of the 2nd Battalion, plus two M72 LAW (light anti-tank weapon) rounds by the WPN Company in reinforcement. Armor-piercing shells penetrated through the sky-blue wooden hull without detonation. Three unarmed Vietnamese left the boat, raised their hands, and pled in Chinese, "Don't shoot...!" but were all shot dead.https://ohsir.tw/4654/ 【金門三七事件】台版「平庸的邪惡」：你有不開槍的勇氣嗎？ – 重大歷史懸疑案件調查辦公室 Taiwanese version of the "Banality of Evil": Do you have the courage not to shoot? Yenshi Scholar 22 May 2019 27 March 2022 the Office of Historical Suspense Investigation and Research zh-tw The local 3rd Dongang Company (no 東崗連) Commander, Lieutenant Chang, received the order from the brigade commander to dispatch a search team to board the boat. Two hand grenades were thrown into the boat before the search team found that all the passengers were Vietnamese refugees with no weapons on board. The passengers said that the vessel had experienced a mechanical failure. Because of the heavy fog, the strong seasonal 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. Following intense telecommunication with the Division Headquarters, the commanders at the scene received orders from their superiors—alleged directly by Commander General Chao—to kill the passengers to eliminate all the eyewitnesses. Some refugees received multiple shots when the first bullet did not kill them. Among the bodies piled were elderly people, men, women, one pregnant woman, children, and a baby in a sweater.Win Zen 東崗據點與東崗事件 Donggang Fort and Incident 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 11 August 2012 27 March 2022 zh-TW KinmenLu Xia-zhen 東崗三七事件 March 7 Incident at Donggang 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 26 September 2008 27 March 2022 zh-TW Kinmen 18 February 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190218184223/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 dead The following identification evidence was collected at the scene, and enlisted through the P4 (Internal Security) channel of the Political Warfare Department, the KDC, and the MND Army Commands HQ: one "Declaration of no possession lost/damaged on boat" issued by the Director of Immigration Office of Hong Kong Alan Carter on 12 December 1986 four copies of the "Notification on the voluntary alternative options to stay under indefinite custody or the assistance to continue navigation" by the British Hong Kong Government on 12 January 1987 several personal ID documents from the French Indochina government two kerosene barrels printed in English with "Singapore" on surface several Singaporean magazines and Hong Kong newspapers a notebook written in English with the last entry on 6 March For unknown reasons, none of this evidence was later adopted by either the prosecutor or the judge, hence all the court documents named the victims only as the "unknown people" (no 不明人士). After collecting the refugee documents, a mother and three children (one baby being held in her arm and two kids running around her) were killed together kneeling down on the beach.國軍殺難民？當年吳淑珍爆料「37事件」 監院促非常上訴求翻案 As PM Wu Shu-chen exposed the March 7 Incident of ROC Army killing refugees then, The Control Yuan proposes the critical appeal to re-open the case https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/3991292 Tsong Chang-jin 13 July 2022 7 August 2022 Liberty Times zh-TW Taipei金門烈嶼駐軍槍殺20名越南難民 監院促請法務部研擬非常上訴 Kinmen Lieyu garrison shot 20 Vietnamese refugees, Control Yuan urges the Ministry of Justice to consider a critical appeal https://www.ettoday.net/news/20220713/2293639.htm Lin Ming-han 13 July 2022 7 August 2022 ET Today zh-TW Taipei The last words of the pregnant woman were in English: "Help me... Help my baby...My baby seven months...", before she and two other women were killed by .45 caliber handgun shots; the battalion operation officer then made a joke on her dead body (never showing remorse during the annual reunions in subsequent years).國軍槍殺越南難民黑歷史(二)血染東崗 一場怵目驚心的槍殺過程 The dark history of ROC Army killing Vietnamese refugees, Part III: Bloody Donggang, A shocking shooting process https://www.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2143779 曾國華 7 September 2022 10 October 2022 Radio Taiwan International zh-TW Taipei A boy got up to flee but was shot in the shoulder and fell down, until another officer stepped forward to finish him off. Major-general Gong arrived at Donggang at 18:30; Zhong and Liu reunited with Gong again at the Division Headquarters to report to General Chao by the phone landline at 21:00, and received Chao's praise. At 07:00 the morning of 8 March 1987, the medical platoon of the Battalion Headquarters (BHQ) Company was called in to bury all the bodies at the beach. The platoon members were ordered to kill any surviving refugees. The wounded were buried alive, and those who were still moving or crying were dictated to be killed by military shovels.台灣大搜索/誤殺三難民怎交代？ 軍旅長做決定！ Grand Taiwan Research: How to explain the Mistaken killing of 3 refugees? The brigade commander made the decision https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ezlRsD_G0 4 August 2013 7 August 2022 CTi News Youtube zh-tw TaipeiHao Guang-tsai 背對太陽就看見自己的陰影！ Seeing One's Own Shadow When Turning Back of Sun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLRC-4ULl5Y CTV 18 March 2016 27 March 2022 zh-TW The entire boat was instructed to be burned (aside from the 3-blade propeller), then buried in sand to destroy all the evidence. The last victim, a young boy hidden underneath a board cell, was also found and killed by order without exception. The guarding sergeant of the BHQ Company overnight counted the bodies as more than nineteen.Taconet L-05據點 Fort L-05 https://taconet.pixnet.net/blog/post/38353213-l-05%E6%93%9A%E9%BB%9E Lieyu Observation Notes 12 November 2012 27 March 2022 zh-TW Kinmen Over 30 individual rifles with maintenance records were suddenly reported jammed as non-operational, possibly due to the soldiers unwilling to kill the civilians, hence jammed their own rifles on purpose. Since some medics defied direct orders to kill the victims, the brigade command dispatched the Brigade Headquarter Company (RHQ) commander to take over the BHQ Company as the emergency measure to prevent mutiny and to blockade the site.Kuan Ren-jian https://www.books.com.tw/products/0010516575 你不知道的台灣 國軍故事 The Taiwan you don't know: Stories of ROC Armed Forces 1 September 2011 Cosmax Publishing Co. 30 October 2022 zh-TW New Taipei City 9789576636493 Revelation Cover-up A local store owner heard the crying of the refugees overnight and made a phone call to inform Huang Chao-hui, the National Assembly member in Kaohsiung, but the contact was soon lost. At the time, all civilian and public long-distance phone calls were being routinely monitored by the Communication Supervision Section of Kinmen Defense Command.Yung-yuan, "Related reportage entries on March 7 Incident"《三七事件相關報導》clipping data, Bahamut, 15 November 2015 Nevertheless, the bodies were not buried deeply at the first site. Influenced by tidal seawater and high temperatures, the bodies soon began to decompose and were dug out by wild dogs from the landfill (no 小金垃圾場) on the back side of the western hill. The bodies were later reburied collectively in one mound at a second site on the higher ground next to the tree line. This task was performed by the 1st Company, who had just resumed their posts after winning the annual Army Physical and Combat Competitions in Taiwan.中籤參加國軍329體能戰技好漢們集合 https://army.chlin.com.tw/BBS/archiver/?tid-5450.html 陸軍野戰砲兵 精誠連大帥 9 April 2011 7 September 2021 後備軍友俱樂部 演訓回憶 zh-tw Accounts of ghost sightings prompted villagers to hold religious ceremonies, and a tiny shrine was built by soldiers on the beach the next year. This activity made it all the more difficult to prevent the spread of information about the incident.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIlUPcN63L8 將軍晚點名0503#大時代故事#三七事件#前線東崗 Polaris telling stories Major-general Yu Bei-chen 3 May 2020 27 March 2022 General Late Calls zh-TW Nonetheless, both sites, along with 04 Station, L-05 Fort, Donggang Port, and even the breakwater bank, were all demolished with bulldozers in name of demining in August 2011.摧枯拉朽--看東崗排雷 Review on the destruction of Donggang demining https://taconet.pixnet.net/blog/post/35562030 21 August 2011 26 September 2022 Taconet zh-TW Kinmen In 2021, the local villagers rebuilt a new shrine beside the path inland in lament.<金門>東崗事件 <Kinmen> Donggang Incident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJT1CFGh214 Chen Yong-da 2 July 2022 21 September 2022 Youtube zh-TW Kinmen In early May 1987, British Hong Kong newspapers first reported that the refugee boat went missing after leaving the port along the coast for Kinmen, Taiwan.http://www.peoplenews.tw/news/18131c51-15f6-4176-97f0-825641326e80 有了藍綠，台灣才永續生存 With Blue and Green, Taiwan can survive forever Hong Bo-xue 14 December 2015 27 March 2022 Taiwan People News zh-TW 8 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160808040711/http://www.peoplenews.tw/news/18131c51-15f6-4176-97f0-825641326e80 dead Informed by the overseas office, higher officials questioned the Kinmen Defense Command but got no concrete response.【東崗慘案疑雲/上】國軍得獎劇本「改編」惹議：小金門當年誰下令射殺難民 Donggang Massacre Suspicion / Part I: The "Adaptation" of the ROC military award-winning script provoked controversies: Who ordered the shooting to kill the refugees in Lesser Kinmen https://vip.udn.com/vip/story/122151/6134263 Kao Ling-yun 8 March 2022 21 March 2022 United Daily News New Taipei City zh-TW Instead, the Command urgently swapped this front line coast defense battalion with a reserve battalion from the training base in order to strengthen the personnel control and communication restriction to prevent further leaking news. In addition, the battalion's unit designation codes were shifted for the following two years to confuse outsiders. Two "extra bonuses" of cash summing up to half a month of a captain's salary ($6,000) were also abnormally awarded to the company commanders against government regulations and ethics, on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival.Guang Tang http://www.taiwantt.org.tw/tw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2800&Itemid=57 金門37慘案─國軍「美萊村事件」 March 7 Incident in Kinmen – ROC Army version of My Lai Massacre Taiwan Tati Cultural And Educational Foundation 8 November 2010 27 March 2022 zh-TW However, at the end of May, recently discharged conscript soldiers from Kinmen began to arrive in Taiwan proper and finally were able to appeal to the newly founded opposition party, the Democratic Progressive Party. The information of the massacre started to spread in Taiwan.Guan Ren-jian 國軍屠殺越南難民的三七事件 ROC Army Massacre Vietnamese Refugees in March Incident http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/kuan0416/post/1304293327 PChome News 7 March 2008 27 March 2022 zh-TW Ten weeks after the massacre, the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Chiang Ching-kuo, reacted to the cover-up by the 158 Division and the Kinmen Defense Command. General Chao Wan-fu said he was unaware of the event. While being questioned by the Chief of the General Staff (no 參謀總長), Superior-general Hau Pei-tsun on 20 May, General Chao still stated: "It was just a couple of 'Communist soldiers' [referring to the People's Liberation Army] being shot in the water", but Chao's statement contained contradictory evidence. Hau then ordered that the corpses be moved from the beach to a remote hidden slope in front of Fort L-03 (east cape) on the right, filled over with cement to seal the corpses at the third unmarked site, and a concrete military training wall be built on top to prevent any future investigation.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N3MyEdRlSg 東崗37事件回顧 Recall of Donggong 37 Incident Xiao Shun-fa YouTube 16 April 2019 27 March 2022 zh-tw(Final resting place at the third scene under training wall) General Chao ordered all the 158 Division officers to be present as participating the cover-up operation. The path access was prohibited to the public by the military after 2020 till 10 August 2024; Hsien-Jer Chu, the documentary film director who accompanied the victim's family members to the site, realized that the corpses had been "disappeared."支援東岡連 Reinforcing the Donggang Company https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/%E6%94%AF%E6%8F%B4%E6%9D%B1%E5%B2%A1%E9%80%A3 Liu Wen-xiao 11 August 2024 20 August 2024 Facebook zh-TW Taipei, Taiwan At the end of their conscription service terms, the soldier witnesses were ordered to sign an oath to maintain silence and guard the secret for life before returning home to Taiwan.Zheng Jing Cheng Nan-jung Ye Xiangzhi Xu Manqing 金門守軍殺人事件 Shocking inside story of the Kinmen Military Murder Case https://m.gamer.com.tw/home/creationDetail.php?sn=3018241 Freedom Era Weekly, Ver 175–176 13 June 1987 zh-TW Taipei On 5 June 1987, Independence Evening Post was the first Taiwanese newspaper to report the massacre, which prompted formal questioning by the newly elected Legislative Yuan member Wu Shu-chen, along with a joint written form by PMs Chang Chun-hsiung and Kang Ning-hsiang from the Democratic Progressive Party to the MND during the general assembly. They received only the response: "No need to reply!"【東崗慘案疑雲/中】大喊「自己人」卻被射殺？ 陸軍壓案、國防部至今消極真相不明 Donggang Massacre Suspicion / Part II: Calling out "Your own people" but getting shot dead? The Army suppressed the case; the MND has always been passive, keeping the truth unknown https://vip.udn.com/vip/story/122151/6134265 Kao Ling-yun 8 March 2022 21 March 2022 United Daily News New Taipei City zh-TW Her questions were repeatedly denied by the military spokesman Major-general Chang Hui Yuan (no 張慧元少將), who accused Congresswoman Wu of "sabotaging the national reputation", and claimed it was actually "a Chinese fishing boat being sunk in the sea after ignoring the warnings".大陸民主鬥士，非請莫入 No Entrance without Invitation for Mainland Democracy Fighters Wen Hsian-shen https://www.gvm.com.tw/article/42317 Global Views Monthly《遠見雜誌》 15 July 1989 38 zh-TW Aug. 1989 That night, uniform propaganda was broadcast on the evening news on all public TV channels. The next morning, on 6 June, all local newspapers received government instructions to publicize the press release of the Central News Agency originating from the Military News Agency (no 軍聞社). Censorship The case was classified as a military secret for 20 years to prevent any further information leaks.Cheng Nan-jung 奮起，莫讓軍方成為最後仲裁者 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 zh-TW 13 August 1988 27 March 2022 26 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160426233056/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 dead Subsequent media reports were censored, and publication of the case was banned by the Nationalist government. In April 1989, when the police broke into the office of the magazine Freedom Era Weekly zh 自由時代周刊 (which had publicized case interviews and editorials before) for an arrest on a separate charge of treason, editor-in-chief Cheng Nan-jung set himself on fire and died in protest for freedom of speech. Separately, military journalist Chang You-hua zh 張友驊 of Independence Evening Post was sentenced to 1 year and 7 months with a probation period of 3 years in November 1991.Re: 張友驊怒告國防部 網友封驊英雄 You-hua Chang Sues Ministry of National Defense; Netizens Call Him A Hero https://ck101.com/thread-2777303-1-1.html Palm777 19 July 2013 13 September 2021 卡提諾論壇 zh-tw For the same reason, the Hujingtou Battle Museum of Lieyu (built in 1989) conspicuously left out any information on this part of history,Little Kinmen Hujingtou Battle Museum https://www.foreignersintaiwan.com/blog-370963385326684/little-kinmen-hujingtou-battle-museum 12 March 2019 23 September 2022 Foreigners In Taiwan Kinmen nor was it documented in the official archives of the Kinmen National Park that later took over management of the beach. The official cover-up story of the Chinese fishing boat being sunk by one shell in a bombardment was what was told to the public for 13 years, until being uncovered by the publication of 8-year Diary of the Chief of the General Staff (1981–1989) (no 八年參謀總長日記) by Superior-general Hau in 2000.Bocun Hao, "Ba nian can mou zong zhang ri ji (She hui ren wen)", 2000 The Government of the Republic of China has made no comment thereafter. Aftermath Non-Proliferation Treaty Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Political stage right |250px |thumb|Minister Cheng endorsed President Chiang's decree to lift the martial law, four months after the Lieyu massacre. With the support of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs, the United States House of Representatives hence passed the "Taiwan Democracy Resolution" (H.R.1777) on 17 June 1987, calling on the ROC government to end the martial law ruling, lift the ban on political parties, accelerate the realization of democracy including the protection of freedom of speech and assembly, and reform the parliament election system for the legitimacy of government; the United States Senate passed the same resolution in December.Chen Rong-ru http://www.e-redant.com/04_nbo/new-week-book1.aspx?BookId=11399093 FAPA and Congress Diplomacy (1982~1995) 31 May 2004 Avanguard Publishing House 957-801-436-8 Taipei zh-TW Red Ants Books Co. Though the resolution did not direct Taiwan to integrate into neoliberal globalization, it gradually turned the political movement for Taiwanese self-identity against the Chinese unification agenda within ROC politics. The opposition party, supported by the international community, took the chance to force Chiang Ching-kuo to lift martial law and begin the democratization process to distance itself from the Kuomintang's One China Policy. This developed with the promotion of neoliberal tendencies in Taiwan in a way that blocked political forces that favored a return to reunification.Pakhomov Oleg https://books.google.com/books?id=gJNkEAAAQBAJ The Political Culture of East Asia: A Civilization of Total Power Springer Publishing 2022 9789811907784 Singapore 90 Chapter 6 10.1007/978-981-19-0778-4 2022-09-17 247494388 Later, on 14 July, Minister Cheng endorsed President Chiang's historic decree to end the notorious 38-year-long period of martial law in Taiwan (1948–1987),ROC Ministry of Justice 14 July 1987 臺灣地區解嚴令 Decree to Lift the Martial Law in Taiwan region https://law.moj.gov.tw/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=A0000016 7 September 2021 Laws & Regulations Database of the Republic of China zh-tw Taipei except the War Zone Administration (no 戰地政務) on the frontier regions, including Kinmen and Matsu Islands, which remained under military governance until 7 November 1992.Legislative Yuan 5 November 1992 金門、馬祖地區戰地政務實驗辦法 Experimental Measures for the War Zone Administration in Kinmen and Matsu regions https://www.rootlaw.com.tw/LawContent.aspx?LawID=A040060030000900-0811105 7 September 2021 Root Law zh-tw TaipeiArt. 3, <Act on the Security and Assistance for Kinmen, Matsu, Pratas, and Spratly Islands> (金門馬祖東沙南沙地區安全及輔導條例), version in effect from 7 November 1992, to 12 May 1994. 29 September 2014 《世紀金門百年輝煌》Centenary Anniversary Archive of Founding the Kinmen County zh-TW Special Monthly Edition of Kinmen Daily News https://www.kmdn.gov.tw/1117/1271/1279/244306/ 9 August 2019 Furthermore, on 2 November, President Chiang lifted a ban preventing people from visiting their divided families in China across the Taiwan Strait by allowing transfer through a third place, such as Hong Kong, Okinawa, or Tokyo.1 July 2015 開放兩岸探親 Open for cross-strait family visits http://www.cck.org.tw/life/life_taiwan_8.html 1 May 2016 Preparatory Committee of the Centennial Birthday Commemoration of President Jiang Guo zh-TW Investigation After the scandal was exposed, President Chiang Ching-kuo received a letter from Amnesty International expressing humanitarian concern, and assigned the Chief of General Staff, Superior-general Hau, to investigate this case. On 16 June 1987, President of the Control Yuan (CY), Huang Tsun-chiu zh 黃尊秋 of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang), assigned the committee member Ruo Wen-fu (no 羅文富) on an official investigation task to Lieyu. General Hau opposed this CY jurisdiction and considered the tour a pro-governmental "sightseeing visit" (no 參訪金門). However, after Ruo submitted a field survey report expectedly identical to the KDC's story, Huang did not approve nor rejected the content, but only signed a word "Read" (no 閱) on 9 March 1988, which rendered the investigation incomplete.20越難民遭槍殺/受電視啟發 監委重啟調查三七事件 20 Vietnamese refugees were shot dead: The Control Yuan member re-launches the investigation on the March 7 incident https://www.scooptw.com/popular/network_news/political/85161/ He Hao-yi 13 July 2022 7 August 2022 Scoop Weekly Taiwan zh-TW Taipei The Minister of National Defense, Cheng Wei-yuan, also arrived in Kinmen, and dispatched a special envoy of the Political Warfare Bureau to conduct the field investigation and excavation that discovered the civilian cadavers and eventually solved the criminal case on 23 May. On 28 May, the Military Police began to detain over 30 officers back to Taiwan for court-martial, including the commanders, corresponding political officers, and related staff officers along the 5 levels on the chain of command; 45 officers received the administrative sanction of dishonored transfer.Liu Wen-hsiao 金防部司令談東岡事件 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MYGi_2CiaM Kinmen Defense Commander talks on the Donggang Incident Wings of China film database zh-TW 3 November 2019 27 March 2022 Nonetheless, the court-martial did not follow the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention and the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees to process this case. The accused have never been charged for wrongdoings to international refugees, regardless of evidence, but each was prosecuted for killing several "unknown people" of the "bandit area""Bandit area" ("匪區") is the official ROC term for regions under PRC control, with the extended application to other terms by definition, such as PRC nationals as "bandit people" (匪民), the PRC boats as "bandit boats" (匪船), etc. (applying only to the domestic criminal codes) on 11 September 1987. Division Commander Gong, Political Warfare Director Colonel Chang, and the P4 Section Leader Lieutenant-Colonel Hong were set free in 10 days. Trials The first trial on 30 May 1988 sentenced Commander Zhong to 2 years and 10 months in prison, Liu to 2 years and 8 months, and Li and Chang to 2 years and 6 months, but the prosecutor and all four defendants appealed for rehearing. The MND then repealed the sentences on 9 September as failing to check the facts and reasons favoring the defendants. The retrial on 19 December 1988 reduced the sentences for Zhong to 1 year and 10 months, Liu to 1 year and 10 months, and Li and Chang to 1 year and 8 months, all commuted with a probation period of three years; therefore, none of the convicted field commanders were required to spend even one day in prison. They stayed in rank with posts suspended to continue service without pay until the end of the term, before relocating to training officer positions. Their retirement and pension plans were not affected. Commander Zhong took a senior lead colonel position in a military academy, Army Communication, Electronics and Information School. Likewise, the superior officers received no official punishment, and resumed their military careers after President Chiang suddenly died in January 1988.Guan Ren-jian http://hanreporter.blogspot.ca/2013/07/blog-post_29.html 你不知道的國軍「潛規則」 The Unspoken Army Rules You Don't Know Digital Newspaper Network 29 July 2013 27 March 2022 zh-TW Principal staff officer Major-general Fan Jai-yu (no 范宰予少將) was promoted to the commander of the 210 Heavy Infantry Division of Hualien Expansion in 1989; then further to lieutenant-general, commander of the Penghu Defense Command in 1994; and then to the Principal of the Political Warfare Cadres Academy in 1996. Division Commander Major-general Gong Li was shifted to the Chief of Staff of the War College, National Defense University; then promoted to the deputy commander of the Huadong Defense Command zh 陸軍花東防衛指揮部 in 1992; and then became the Civil Level-12 Director of Banqiao District House zh 榮譽國民之家 of the Veterans Affairs Council in 2000. Kinmen Defense Commander Chao was promoted to deputy chief commander 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 Senior Adviser to the President of the Republic of China for military strategy zh 中華民國總統府戰略顧問 strategy advisor to the President of the Republic of China in two terms; and then received the permanent title as the reviewer member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Nationalist Party zh 中國國民黨中央評議委員會 until his death on 28 February 2016. His official funeral was proceeded with his coffin covered by the national flag and the military salute of the top-ranked generals.Zhou Li-hsing 趙萬富上將公祭 吳副總統頒授褒揚令 https://n.yam.com/Article/20160330634114 Public Ceremony for General Chao Wanfu with Vice President Wu Issuing the Commendation Order Military News Agency 30 March 2016 27 March 2022 zh-TW Taipei Vice-president Wu Den-yih presented a commendation decree by President Ma Ying-jeou, who praised Chao's 50-year career in national security with so-called "loyalty, diligence, bravery, perseverance, intelligence, wisdom, insight and proficiency" (no 忠勤勇毅，才識閎通), and that "his virtue and conducts have set a good example model for future generations to follow..." (no 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).President Ma Ying-jeou https://www.president.gov.tw/Page/294/44607/ 華總二榮字第10500024700號 Commendation Decree: Hua Zong 2 Rong No. 10500024700 Office of the President of the Republic of China zh-TW 25 March 2016 27 March 2022 Chao was buried in the National Wuzhi Mountain Military Cemetery.陸軍二級上將趙萬富 Chao, Wan-fu, Army General https://afrc.mnd.gov.tw/cemetery/Unit.aspx?ID=&MenuID=470&ListID=1241 2022-09-05 Republic of China Military Cemetery Administration, All-Out Defense Mobilization Agency, Ministry of National Defense New Taipei City Later developments Twenty years later, in May 2007, Major Liu Yu, the 1st Battalion Commander, proclaimed in a military magazine interview that they were executing direct superior orders, and one officer who killed the refugees was never charged.Liu Wen-xiao 兵器戰術圖解第 32–38 期：小金門東崗慘案20週年特別報導 Special Reportage of 20th Memorial of Donggang Massacre in Little Quemoy, "WPN Tactics Illustration", Ver. 32–38 Wings of China Publication 20 May 2007 zh-TW Taipei Ten years later, in January 2018, Liu was invited by the Kinmen National Park administration to re-visit the old posts of the South Lieyu Defense Team. On the beach, he recalled to a China Times journalist that he "handled" over 100 corpses—including in the Donggang Incident—during his total four years of assignments within three KDC terms.小金門南山頭四營區開放 老營長、排長感性談往事 Old Battalion Commander and Platoon Commander talk about the past in sensation as four Nanshantou camps are open to public https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20180123003323-260405?chdtv Li Jing-sheng 23 January 2018 20 February 2022 China Times zh-TW Lieyu On 19 July 2020, Instructor Colonel (Ret.) Liao Nianhan (no 廖念漢) of the ROC Military Academy interviewed the WPN company commander Captain Li Zhong-yan (no 李中焱) to re-affirm the official testimony that he had, in person, found that all the passengers had died after firing two M72 LAW shells, and hence nobody got out of the boat and there were no killings by shooting.觀點投書：與「斗內將軍」于北辰談金門「東崗慘案」 <Reader's Opinion> Talk with General Yu Bei-chen about the Donggang Massacre in Kinmen https://www.storm.mg/article/2858119?mode=whole Liao Nianhan 19 July 2020 20 February 2022 Storm Media zh-TW Liao's article dignified the four convicted schoolmates with "the ultimate sublime respect" (no 致上最崇高的敬意), in comparison to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and Mỹ Lai massacre. However, in January 2022, Captain Li changed his statement in a cross-examination through Facebook with the other veterans of 158 Division before the Lunar New Year. He then confirmed the boat stranding site and the later killings at two different locations.【東崗慘案疑雲/下】小金門當年事件連長否認船靠岸繼續槍殺 文史工作者反駁 Donggang Massacre Suspicion / Part III: The company commander involved in the Lesser Kinmen incident denied that the ship docked and continuing to shoot to kill, but the historian writers refute https://vip.udn.com/vip/story/122151/6134273 Kao Ling-yun 8 March 2022 21 March 2022 United Daily News New Taipei City zh-TW The chilling effect of the massacre led to an absence of international refugees in the waters around Kinmen, and the last Jiangmei refugee camp, which had operated for 11 years in Penghu, was shut down on 15 November 1988 due to the policy change. The purge policy on the Chinese fishermen and the surrendered remained the same, as the technique instructed by the new 158 Division Commander, Major-general Song En-ling, to the G3 staff officers: "Tell the landed people to run or they will be shot; then wait after they run to kill them". However, in live practice, the survivors were taken into custody with their head covered for transferring to a temporary lodgment to be expelled later, and the political officers started to make reparations for the civilian casualtiesAugust 2026. After negotiations for compensation failed, local Chinese fishing boats sometimes gathered around the incident islands to protest. Particularly in July and August 1990, the ROC military was criticized by the general Taiwanese public for the cheating and ignorance attitude on the Min Ping Yu No. 5540 and No. 5502 disasters. Therefore, the Red Cross Society of China and Red Cross Society of the Republic of China—representing both sides—signed the Kinmen Agreement on 12 September to establish the humanitarian repatriation procedures through Kinmen.http://www.matsu-news.gov.tw/2010web/news_detail_101.php?CMD=open&UID=155111 歷史悲劇/大陸偷渡風雲 從生命慘劇到金馬人道遣返 Historical Tragedy: Smuggling stories in Mainland China – From the life tragedies to the humanitarian repatriation in Kinmen and Matsu 海西晨報 Matsu Daily News 21 June 2013 20 September 2022 Xiamen zh-TW 16 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220116181009/https://www.matsu-news.gov.tw/2010web/news_detail_101.php?CMD=open&UID=155111 dead 《金門協議20周年專題報導》金門協議突破兩岸對峙僵局 <Special reportage on the 20th anniversary of the Kinmen Agreement> The agreement broke through the standoff impasse Weng Bi-lian 11 September 2010 https://www.kmdn.gov.tw/1117/1271/1272/186299?cprint=pt Kinmen Daily News 20 September 2022 Kinmen zh-TW On 7 November 1992, the provisional martial law control was historically lifted after 42 years of the War Zone Administration in power, and KDC returned governmental and civilian services management to the local county offices. Still, it was not until 1995 that the first marine police patrols appeared in the Kinmen and Matsu regions. The Water Police Bureau, formally established on 15 June 1998, fully took over marine law enforcement, working with local police stations and the coastal justice systems; it was later reformed as the Coast Guard Administration under the Ocean Affairs Council.海岸巡防總局沿革史 History of the Coast Guard Administration https://gpi.culture.tw/books/1010402478 Hsu Ji-ling 1 December 2015 21 September 2022 Kinmen-Matsu-Penghu Branch, Coast Guard Administration Government Publication Information, Ministry of Culture (Taiwan) zh-TW New Taipei City緣起與發展沿革 The origin and development history https://www.cga.gov.tw/GipOpen/wSite/ct?xItem=84702&ctNode=7792&mp=9997/ 15 January 2019 21 September 2022 Fleet Branch Coast Guard Administration, Ocean Affairs Council zh-TW Tamsui District Over 100 years after its establishment in 1911, the Republic of China still lacked a refugee law to regulate the political asylum process in accordance with modern international law,https://pnn.pts.org.tw/project/inpage/2077 敘利亞庫德族在台灣島上的困境 The Plight of Syrian Kurds on Taiwan Island Chiu Yi-ling Wang Hsi 21 March 2019 News Center, Public Television Service 17 August 2020 zh-TWhttps://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-49576730 黃之鋒訪台 台灣對訂立難民法及政治庇護仍持保留態度 Joshua Wong's visit to Taiwan: Taiwan Still Has a Reserved Attitude on Enacting a Refugee Law and Asylum Policy BBC News BBC News 中文 13 May 2021 4 September 2019 zh-tw協助接納阿富汗難民？外交部：我國尚未制定「難民法」 會在能力範圍內提供援助 Will We Assist in Accepting Afghan refugees? Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "ROC has not yet enacted a <Refugee Law>, but will provide assistance within the scope of its capabilities" https://tw.appledaily.com/politics/20210826/PNM4Q3KOZJGNJC5HMUQJTWUK4I/ 26 August 2021 12 October 2021 Apple Daily (Taiwan) zh-tw TaipeiLiu De-hsun 我應積極推動「難民法」立法 落實人權立國理念 We Should Promote the Refugee Law Legislation to Implement National Concept of Human Rights http://www.mac.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=68201&ctNode=5645&mp=2 Mainland Affairs Council, Legislative Yuan 22 January 2008 27 March 2022 zh-TW Taipei and its government did not render an apology or any legal compensation to the families or country of the victims.會議隨選 Meeting Recording Selection https://ivod.ly.gov.tw/Play/VOD/108535/300K Foreign and National Defense Committee 3 October 2018 7 September 2021 Multi-media Selection Video System, Meeting Broadcast IVOD Network, Legislative Yuan Taipei zh-tw立法院公報第107卷第81期委員會紀錄立法院第9屆第6會期外交及國防委員會第3次全體委員會議紀錄 The Third Committee Meeting Minute, Foreign and National Defense Committee, Sixth Session, Ninth period, Gazette of the Legislative https://lci.ly.gov.tw/LyLCEW/communique1/final/pdf//107/81/LCIDC01_1078101_00006.pdf Freddy Lim Yen Teh-fa 3 October 2018 7 September 2021 Gazette of the Legislative Yuan, Vol. 107, Issue 81 zh-TW Taipei 24 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211224090743/https://lci.ly.gov.tw/LyLCEW/communique1/final/pdf//107/81/LCIDC01_1078101_00006.pdf dead 台灣國際新頁：推動「國際人權五法」立法 A New Page of Taiwan: Promoting the Legislation of Five International Human Rights Law http://www.taiwanncf.org.tw/ttforum/49/49-18.pdf Theresa Chu Taiwan New Century Foundation 30 March 2010 27 March 2022 zh-TW On 3 October 2018, legislator Freddy Lim, former Chairman of the Amnesty International Taiwan, inquired in a hearing of the Foreign and National Defense Committee zh 立法院外交及國防委員會 to examine the victims' files in the military archives in order to express an apology to their families through the Vietnamese Representative Office (vi Văn phòng Kinh tế Văn hoá Việt Nam), but Minister of National Defense General Yen Teh-fa disagreed: "The troops were following the Standard operating procedure (SOP rule) of the martial law period to execute [the orders], though it might look like having some issues nowadays; also, they have been court-martialed...". Later, MND replied: "It has been too difficult to identify the deceased due to the long time, so [the case] cannot be processed further", which served as the sole statement of the ROC government for over 30 years after martial law was lifted in 1987. On 2 October 2021, a third round of Anonymous hacks on a Chinese government tourism promotion website included a meme stating "If Taiwan wants to truly become Numbah Wan, it must first redress the 1987 Lieyu Massacre", with a public Wikimedia Commons image of Xiamen, Lieyu, and Kinmen in the background.Round 3 of Anonymous hack of China site uses image of Taiwan president https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4305341 Keoni Everington 4 October 2021 30 October 2022 Taiwan News en Taipei On 13 July 2022, Control Yuan member Kao Yong-cheng zh 高涌誠 submitted a re-investigation report after one year of documentation based on the provided military archives and interviews with nearly 20 veteran witnesses. Interviewees included the convicted officers, whose testimonies (without passing lie detection) contradicted each other with retracted confessions, and contradicted new evidence and controversies at the first site, since the last CY investigation reported 34 years ago was considered incomplete. The investigation then received approval from the joint committees of the Judicial and Prison Administration Affairs, the Domestic and Ethnic Affairs, the Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs, and the National Defense and Intelligence Affairs.「三七事件」金門守軍涉槍殺越南難民 監委促提非常上訴 Kinmen troops involved in the shooting of Vietnamese refugees: Control Yuan members urge the Ministry of Justice to put forward an extraordinary appeal https://udn.com/news/story/10930/6458915? Chiu Tsai-wei 13 July 2022 7 August 2022 United Daily News zh-TW Taipei111司調0025 調查報告 2022 Justice Investigation Report No. 0025 https://www.cy.gov.tw/CyBsBoxContent.aspx?n=133&s=17946 Kao Yong-cheng 13 July 2022 7 August 2022 Control Yuan zh-TW Taipei The report condemned the KDC for falsifying the facts, the court-martial prosecutor and judge for failing their duties of investigation, and the MND for ignoring the case for 35 years. It then recommended the Ministry of Justice re-open the case with a special appeal for legal re-investigation. On 9 August 2024, four family members of the Vietnamese refugee victims came to Taiwan from Vietnam and from Norway for the first time with the assistance of Amnesty International Taiwan Executive Director, Yi-ling Chiu (no 邱伊翎), Control Yuan member Kao Yong-cheng, documentary film director Hsien-Jer Chu (no 朱賢哲), and poet Hung-hung (no 鴻鴻) to seek truth and reconciliation. One of them, Tran Quoc Dung, who arrived in Xiamen later, was informed that two Vietnamese refugee boats had been destroyed in Kinmen and realized that his brother and cousin were dead, presented a commemorative plaque with a list of victims' names, pictures and birth years at the press conference, and stated that he was not there to blame the government or any individual. He understood the reasons for the historical mistake and believes that the Taiwan government and people, out of humanitarianism and respect for human rights, will take concrete action to console the victims' families. "I wish to retrieve the evidence and belongings collected from the victims and re-bury their bodies properly... They sacrificed themselves to teach us the difference between democracy and autocracy, so let's protect this democracy and make it stronger... The 24 people were rejected the first time in Kinmen and the second time in Lieyu. This is the third and last time – on behalf of them, I hereby request the Taiwan government and people to let them regard Taiwan as their second and final home, please don't reject them again!"金門「三七事件」家屬首赴現場祭拜 盼遇難者有遮風避雨之處 Family members of the March 7 Incident of Kinmen pay homage at the scene for the first time, wishing that the victims will have shelter from the wind and rain https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20240810002732-260407?chdtv Yu Jia-chi 10 August 2024 10 August 2024 China Times zh-tw Donggang, LieyuControl Yuan Calls for Justice Over 1987 Massacre of Vietnamese Refugees by the Military https://newbloommag.net/2024/08/11/kinmen-massacre-1987/ Brian Hioe 8 August 2024 13 August 2024 New Bloom Taipei, TaiwanRelatives of Victims of 1987 Lieyu Massacre Call for Reburial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOyxfNBXmbo Luffy Li John Van Trieste Louise Watt 9 August 2024 13 August 2024 TaiwanPlus Youtube Taipei, Taiwan Kao demanded the MND restart an internal investigation and search for evidence, data and items which the Control Yuan could not acquire before, and reveal them to the public or return them to the victims' families. A complete administrative investigation report should be submitted within 6 months. Chiu expressed hope that the state pay attention to transitional justice to reopen the investigation, face historical mistakes and address the shortcomings of Taiwan's long overdue missing Refugee Law to pass a bill that meets international human rights standards this year. A MND representative attended the conference to express their condolences and stressed accompanying the families to the scenes of the incidents, but maintained that the soldiers were carrying out their duties, and did not respond to the re-investigation demand.金門三七慘案：難民家屬首度來台尋求真相與和解 March 7 Incident of Kinmen: The refugee family members come to Taiwan seek the truth and reconciliation for the first time https://www.amnesty.tw/node/19406 9 August 2024 9 August 2024 Amnesty International Taiwan zh-tw Taipei, TaiwanMinistry urged to reopen massacre investigation https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2024/08/11/2003822082 11 August 2024 14 August 2024 Taipei Times Taipei, Taiwan The ROC military has continued to assert that the soldiers' actions were justified. The incident then stands at the juncture of certain issues, including transitional justice, inclusive of past crimes committed by the military and its refusal to be accountable in the present, as well as Taiwan's poor treatment of refugees, which has affected individuals from a number of nationalities. As there is no temporal or jurisdictional limitations on prosecution in the international criminal law and the universal jurisdiction is recognized beyond the domestic law system and procedure,Schwöbel-Patel Christine The Oxford Handbook of International Criminal Law 2020 Oxford University Press 9780198825203 768 https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/41306/chapter/352055519 The Core Crimes of International Criminal LawConvention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.27_convention%20statutory%20limitations%20warcrimes.pdf 11 November 1970 14 August 2024 United Nations New York City the legal exercise apply to all ranks and positions including officers, soldiers and national leaders regardless subject to the justice even after decades.Sarah Fowler Nathan Williams Francesca Gillett 17 March 2023 Arrest warrant issued for Putin over war crime allegations BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-64994087 en London, UK 6 June 2023 2023-03-17 https://archive.today/20230317212759/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-64994087 live Mulisch Harry Harry Mulisch Criminal Case 40/61, The Trial of Adolf Eichmann: An Eyewitness Account https://archive.org/details/criminalcase40610000muli University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, United States 2005 978-0-8122-3861-7Oskar Gröning: 'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' dies at 96 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43376105 12 March 2018 14 August 2024 BBC London, UK Legacy Hushen (no 胡神) – This 2019 novel by the retired school principal Tian-lu Jian (no 姜天陸) analyzes the humanity concern of the situation at the first site, with his personal experience of service time under Lieyu tunnels. It won the 16th Kinmen Literature Award.Tian-lu Jian 胡神: 浯島文學獎小說組首獎作品輯. 2019第16屆 Collection of Hushen works: First Prize in the Novel Category of the Wudao Literature Award http://isbn.ncl.edu.tw/NEW_ISBNNet/main_DisplayRecord_Popup.php?Pact=view&Pkey=1090706*0150&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&width=780&height=480 2020 9789865428525 7 September 2021 Cultural Affairs Bureau of Kinmen County National Central Library, ISBN Agency in Taiwan zh-tw Kinmen 3 June 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240603152147/https://isbn.ncl.edu.tw/NEW_ISBNNet/main_DisplayRecord_Popup.php?Pact=view&Pkey=1090706*0150&KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&width=780&height=480 dead The Burning Island (no 戰地殺人 Battleground Massacre) – This 2020 film produced by Hsien-Jer Chu (no 朱賢哲), former member of the 319 Heavy Infantry Division in the Kinmen Garrison Battalion Kinmen East zh 中華民國陸軍金門防衛指揮部金門守備大隊 region where similar shooting incidents had occurred earlier, interprets the history as a mirror to reflect universal value. It won the top prize in the 42nd Selection of Excellent Screenplays.第42屆優良電影劇本獎獲獎名單揭曉 入圍作品題材多元競爭激烈 Winner List of the 42nd Excellent Screenplay Awards Is Announced with Fierce Competition among the Diversified Topics of Shortlisted Works https://www.bamid.gov.tw/information_142_116753.html Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development 25 August 2020 9 September 2021 ROC Ministry of Culture zh-tw Taipei 4 December 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221204093502/https://www.bamid.gov.tw/information_142_116753.html dead 入圍10次... 等25年終於得獎！42屆優良劇本首獎得主：我騷擾了身邊所有人！ Finally Won the Prize After Shortlisting 10 Times in 25 Years! The Winner of the Top Prize of 42nd Selection of Excellent Screenplays: "I Provoked Everyone!" https://star.ettoday.net/news/1791060 傅家妤 22 August 2020 9 September 2021 ETtoday News zh-tw Taipei戰地殺人 Battleground Massacre https://movie.douban.com/subject/30359463/ 2018 12 September 2021 Douban zh-cn Lao Dzai (no 老翟) – The 2021 short screenplay by Colonel Chou Yi-ching (no 周宜慶), deputy commander of the Psychological Warfare Team of the Political Warfare Bureau forged this case as a single misconduct of the 2nd-lieutenant conscription officer from the National Taiwan University, who had volunteered to the frontline as a platoon leader, then covered by the Senior master sergeant's help, ending in the refugees receiving compensation and left in peace.S2E15與國軍文藝金像獎得主周宜慶上校談劇本《老翟》(上) Talking with the Military Literature Award Winner, Colonel Yi-ching Zhou on the <Lao Dzai> script, Part I https://player.soundon.fm/p/ebaf8612-7feb-48f7-858d-ca66d0d0ad2b/episodes/554c781b-8556-4883-8c04-93426fd9ef7d 25 February 2022 27 March 2022 朱國珍 珍正好時光 Voice of Han SoundOn zh-TW TaipeiS2E16與國軍文藝金像獎得主周宜慶談劇本《老翟》(下) Talking with the Military Literature Award Winner, Colonel Yi-ching Zhou on the <Lao Dzai> script, Part II https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/s2e16與國軍文藝金像獎得主周宜慶談劇本-老翟-下/id1562115557?i=1000552288970 朱國珍 25 February 2022 27 March 2022 珍正好時光 Voice of Han Apple Podcasts zh-TW Taipei Zhou received the top prize of the 55th Annual Military Literature Award from the Minister of National Defense General Chiu Kuo-cheng in person.【國軍第55屆文藝金像獎】多元創作宣揚國軍守護家園信念 55th ROCAF Literature Awards: Diversified Creativity Promotes the Faith of Republic of China Armed Forces in Protecting the Homeland https://www.ydn.com.tw/news/newsInsidePage?chapterID=1465202 Luo Yi-ting 29 November 2021 8 February 2022 Youth Daily News zh-TW Taipei In reality, there was only one conscription platoon officer with the university background in 1B, who led the 2nd Company reserve from Yang Tsuo to arrive the outskirt late without participating the massacre; the referred SMSgt had retired hence not in the camp; ROC conscription system distributed the personnel only by random sortition or superior selection after finishing the basic training; never giving the "volunteer" option then. The fog has no voice – mourning the souls lost in the March 7 Incident (no 霧沒有聲音——悼三七事件亡魂): Poet Hung-hung (no 鴻鴻) recited the eulogy in memory of the victims for the refugee families in the press conference on 9 August 2024."霧沒有聲音——悼三七事件亡魂 The fog has no voice – mourning the souls lost in the March 7 Incident https://reading.udn.com/read/story/7048/7810588 Hung Hung United Daily News 7 March 2024 9 August 2024 zh-tw Taipei, Taiwan See also History Law China Taiwan Vietnam February 28 incident July 13 Penghu incident Capture of the Tuapse Kashmir Princess Ting Yao-tiao Lei Chen Bo Yang Lin Yi-hsiung Chen Wen-chen Henry Liu China Airlines Flight 334 Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident Min Ping Yu No. 5202 Death of Hung Chung-chiu Hsiung Feng III missile mishap Notes References Further reading Hau Pei-tsun 八年參謀總長日記 8-year Diary of the Chief of the General Staff (1981–1989) https://books.google.com/books?id=2WKCAAAAIAAJ Commonwealth Publishing 1 January 2000 9576216389 zh-TW Taipei Guan Ren-jian 你不知道的台灣：國軍故事 The Taiwan you don't know: Stories of ROC Armed Forces https://share.readmoo.com/book/1913 Puomo Digital Publishing 1 September 2011 9789576636493 zh-TW Taipei 中天《台灣大搜索》：國軍屠殺越南難民的三七事件 The March 7th Incident of the Vietnamese Refugees massacred by ROC Forces https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt2hciBZuaA CTi News 7 August 2013 zh-TW Taipei Li Bo-han 從越界者眼中看見國際人權法的極限：難民與無國籍人 Limitation of International Human Rights Law in the Eyes Cross the Borders: Refugees and Stateless People https://plainlaw.me/2017/04/25/refugee_and_statelessness/ Plain Law Movement 25 April 2017 zh-TW Taipei Chiu Yi-ling 作為人類，在任何地方：台灣的難民個案及相關機制 Being Humans Anywhere: Refugee Cases and Related Mechanism in Taiwan https://www.tahr.org.tw/news/2369 Taiwan Association for Human Rights 3 February 2019 zh-TW Taipei Han Cheung Taiwan in Time: Refugees shot on sight https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2026/03/01/2003853053 1 March 2026 Taipei Times 1 March 2026 Category:1980s murders in Taiwan Category:1987 crimes in Taiwan Category:1987 in military history Category:1987 in Taiwan Category:1987 murders in Asia Category:Aftermath of the Vietnam War Category:Anti-communism in China Category:Anti-communism in Taiwan Category:Child murder in Taiwan Category:Collective punishment Category:Cover-ups Category:Cross-strait conflict Category:Deaths by firearm in Taiwan Category:Events that led to courts-martial Category:Historical negationism in Taiwan Category:Kinmen Category:March 1987 in Asia Category:Massacres committed by Taiwan Category:Massacres in 1987 Category:Massacres in Taiwan Category:Migrant boat disasters Category:People killed in the Cold War Category:Political scandals in Taiwan Category:Taiwan under Republic of China rule Category:Taiwan–Vietnam relations Category:Taiwanese military scandals Category:Vietnamese people murdered abroad Category:Vietnamese refugees Category:White Terror (Taiwan)