Who is Chiang Jin-Kuo?

In April, 2009, Ma Yin-Jou led ROC government officials and KMT to pay tributes on the 100th birthday of Chiang Jin-Kuo 蔣經國, the 6th and 7th President of ROC from 1978-1988. Who is Chiang Jin-Kuo? Does he deserve the tributes?

Grown up during the White Terror Era, one cannot ignore Chiang Jin-Kuo because he ran ROC's (ROC stands for Republic of China) intelligence, surveillance, and interrogation system in Taiwan the way Hitler ran SS in Germany and the way Stalin ran communism in Russia. If Taiwanese are not forgetful and ignorant, they should remember what happened to Lin Yi-Hsung's 林義雄 mother and two daughters in 1980 and to Professor Chen Wen-Chen 陳文成 of Carnegie-Melon University in 1981.

The bloody murder of Lin Yi-Hsung's 林義雄 mother and two daughters shocked Taiwanese community both in Taiwan and in oversea. On February 28 of 1980, intruders came to Lin Yi-Hsung's residence on Hsing-Yi Rd of Taipei City 台北市信義路 and committed shocking murders to Lin's whole family who were in the residence at the time. Lin's mother, Lin You-A-Mei, 林游阿­妹, was stabbed 13 times and died at the base of the stairs in the basement. Two twin daughters Lin Liang-Jun 林亮均 and Lin Ting-Jun 林亭均 were all died in one stab of each in the heart. Another daughter, Lin Fan-Jun 林奐 均 was stabbed 6 times but later was miraculously rescued in the hospital. Mr. Lin Yi-Hsung, a respected lawyer and political leader who was arrested for the Formosa Incidence 美麗島事件, was then locked-up at Hsing-Tein jail 新店 waiting for a trial of sedition. Lin's wife, Fan Su-Ming 方素敏 , was visiting Lin Yi-Hsung in the jail and was not in the residence. She escaped the murder on February 28. After the murder, the Kuo-Ming-Tah ostensibly conducted "investigation". After nearly 30 years, such "investigation" yields no results. But Taiwanese knew very well who was behind the murder. At the day of the murder, Chiang was the head of the Taiwan's intelligence, surveillance and interrogation machinery.

Nearly 18 months after the murder of Lin's family and on July 3, 1981, a body of a mathematical professor of Carneigie-Melon University but of Taiwanese heritage, Dr. Chen Wen-Chung 陳文成 was found in the campus of National Taiwan University. Taiwan's authority claimed that Dr. Chen committed suicide. Was that the true story?

Dr. Chen went back to Taiwan to visit his parent on July 1, 1981. He was immediately detained and questioned by the Taiwan's intelligence and interrogation office for his monetary contributions to the those people relevant to the Formosa Incidence in 1980. Chen's sister, Ms Chen Pau-Yu 陳寶月witnessed Chen's body and made the following reports: (1) Chen's neck had electric-shock marks. (2) All Chen's ten fingers had marked of needle piercing injury marks. (3)Chen's stomach showed signes of severe internal bleeding. Chen's liver, stomach, intestine had traces of poisoning.

How did Taiwan's intelligence and interrogation office in Taiwan knew about Dr. Chen made monetary contributions to people relevant to Formosa Incidence? Obviously, there were oversea agents of Taiwan's intelligence and interrogation office made reports to their home office in Taiwan. Chiang Jin Kuo was then the President of ROC, the head of the intelligence office.

So, who is Chiang Jin-Kuo? Why Ma Yin-Jou pays tributes to Chiang? It is very obvious to Taiwanese that both Chiang and Ma represent Chinese colonial authorities in Taiwan.