A good friend of mine, who was also a brother and a friend, died on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve. Liao Zhenghao is known in Taiwan as the anti-gang crime minister, and he is the most upright and courageous minister of justice in Taiwan's history. 1

A good friend of mine, who was also a brother and a friend, died on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve.

Liao Zhenghao is known in Taiwan as the anti-gang crime minister, and he is the most upright and courageous minister of justice in Taiwan's history. Lee Teng-hui was re-elected as leader in 1996, but it was also a moment when black-and-gold politics was rampant on the island. Liao Zhenghao, who succeeded Ma Ying-jeou as minister of justice, is facing three biggest challenges: First, he must face the entangled black and gold forces head-on. Second, he will offend Lee Teng-hui, the godfather of black gold, and there is a danger of losing his official position at any time. Third, former Minister Ma Ying-jeou stepped down because of bribery, and he must behave better than Ma Ying-jeou in order to enable the people of Taiwan to rebuild their confidence in the rule of law.

At this critical moment, Liao Zhenghao and I became friends and became comrades-in-arms on the road of "anti-black gold". Liao Zhenghao's most prominent political achievement was the "stock market sweeping black", the stock market is the window of the economy, at that time, Taiwan's stock market was fully controlled by the underworld, every year the scene of the shareholders' meeting was dressed in black, and the huge amount of money obtained by the underworld operating the stock market became the backing of support for the rampant politics of black gold.

Liao Zhenghao used the thunderbolt iron fist to sweep up the black and gold power that dominated the stock market, arrested many underworld bosses and sent them to Green Island for imprisonment, and his anti-gang crime won great praise from Taiwan society, but he also became the number one person in the gangsters' revenge and pursuit, and the final result was that he was forced to step down by Lee Teng-hui. Later, in exposing the fraud cases of Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian, and Tsai Ing-wen, I received the most spiritual inspiration and practical guidance from Liao Zhenghao.

In the 2000 general election, Liao Zhenghao served as the chairman of the Song Chuyu campaign headquarters, and I served as the spokesperson and minister of labor, and the two interacted more in the process of working together, especially in the face of the Xingquan case that broke out in the late stage of the election campaign, we were the key force in crisis management. A week before the election, Liao Zhenghao was tired, when the doctor diagnosed him with heart problems and could no longer overwork, but he still insisted on appearing at the last night party before the election, and I remember pushing a wheelchair to escort him to the stage.

After the 2000 general election, Liao Zhenghao chose to fade out of the political arena, focusing his energy on promoting cross-strait exchanges and often guiding me in investigating Chen Shui-bian's black-gold politics. More interaction, more understanding, especially Lien Chan has always wanted him to take up an important position again, and also strongly recommended to Ma Ying-jeou, but Ma Ying-jeou, who has a narrow belly, has always had a "Yu Liang complex" for Liao Zhenghao, so he ignored Lien Chan's recommendation.

Liao Zhenghao's health gradually deteriorated, and in early 2020 I also dragged Wu Dunyi to visit him, hoping that he could guide him in cracking down on black money and judicial reform, when he was seriously ill, seeing him strongly supporting the sick body and interacting with us cordially, I was in tears in my heart, Taiwan's political arena is really a "hero's graveyard", capable heroes are forever persecuted by hypocrites who deceive the world and steal their names.

Liao Zhenghao is gone, bringing me a bone-wrenching pain that has passed the past, he will always be Taiwan's best "anti-gang hero", more than all other justice ministers, but unfortunately he was ostracized by adultery, his ambition was not rewarded, he regretted his death, and only hoped that he would "go all the way"!