The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files
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S3-E17 – The Wrongful Execution of Chiang Kuo-ching (江國慶) and the Death Penalty in Taiwan

The Taiwan History Podcast: Formosa Files

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Zhang Guoqing's Execution

In 1997, Zhang Guoqing was shot to death at an now closed military base in Taoyuan. Less than a year after his arrest, he's executed pretty quick. He refused to eat his last meal and requested to write a letter to his father. His father wrote four characters when he signed out the body: "Keong-woo Gongli" - meaning there is no justice in heaven.

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