Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo
In his articles, books, and television programs, Li Ao, a well-known Taiwan writer, said that only one person was actually shot dead when he talked about the "Taiwan independence" elements that Chiang and his son attacked in Taiwan in those years.
On 25 December 1976, Taiwan's "president" Yan Chia-gan also claimed at a meeting of the Kuomintang that according to his memory, the only "political prisoner" and "Taiwan independence" element who had been executed was Zheng Ping. In the sixties and seventies of the 20th century, there was not just one "Taiwan independence" element in Taiwan who was sentenced to death, but three others, and three others were also sentenced to death, but for various reasons they were not executed or their sentences were commuted.
The first to be sentenced to death was Song Jingsong
The case originated with "Taiwan independence" element Chen Sanxing. A native of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Chen Sanxing studied in Kaohsiung since childhood and entered Kaohsiung High School in 1956. For some reason, Chen Sanxing, who was still a minor, had no intention of studying, but he was very enthusiastic about social activities and organized a politically independent "Scholar Association" organization. In July 1958, Chen Sanxing missed school because he was engaged in too many conference activities, and finally dropped out of school because his grades could not keep up.
On the day Chen Sanxing left school, he gathered the main members of the "Students' Association" for a meeting and announced that the "Students' Association" would be renamed the "Taiwan Democratic League." Later, Chen Sanxing and his younger brother went to a dental hospital in Taipei City as an apprentice.
Soon after arriving at the dental hospital, Chen Sanxing found that Song Jingsong, who often visited his relatives in the hospital, had the same philosophy as himself, so he mobilized Song Jingsong to join his "Taiwan Democratic League" organization. Song Jingsong had committed crimes in the past, was arrested by the police, and spent many years in prison, and he hated the Kuomintang regime extremely much. After he joined Chen Sanxing's "Taiwan Democratic League," he brought his close friends Liu Quanshi and Lin Huiqiang into the organization.
In July 1959, Song Jingsong and Chen Sanxing joined Su Zhenhe and Dong Zide, students of the law department of National Taiwan University, into the "Taiwan Democratic League." Subsequently, the "Autonomy and Mutual Aid Association" of Taichung City No. 1 Middle School and the "Asia Alliance" and "Taiwan Independence" organizations of Kaohsiung City Zhongli Middle School were linked up with the "Taiwan Democratic League." Among them, Shi Mingde, Cai Caiyuan and Chen Sanxing, the leaders of the "Asian Alliance", were classmates in elementary school.
After several discussions, Song Jingsong, Chen Sanxing, Shi Mingde and others believed that the three organizations had similar philosophies and the same purpose, merged into one organization, and then elected a strong leadership team.
In December 1959, Chen Sanxing, Song Jingsong, and others returned to Kaohsiung and met with Shi Mingde, Cai Caiyuan, and Shi Mingde's two elder brothers at the "Mingchun Hotel" opened by Shi and his son, and decided to formally merge the three organizations to form the "Taiwan Independence Alliance," and elected Shi Mingde and Cai Caiyuan as the main leaders of the organization.
Although Song Jingsong is not the leader of the "Taiwan Independence Alliance," he is a backbone element of the organization that is actively active. Since then, the "Taiwan Independence Alliance" has not only developed relatively rapidly in the localities, but has also extended its tentacles to the military.
Because the "Taiwan Independence Alliance" was tightly organized and developed rapidly, by 1962, the "Taiwan independence" elements on a whim often shouted at gatherings that they would fight to the death with the Kuomintang regime and achieve the goal of Taiwan independence as soon as possible.
In the autumn of that year, at a secret meeting attended by all members of the Kaohsiung Stadium, they also proposed to launch a major campaign, that is, to launch a "Taiwan independence" propaganda campaign throughout Taiwan so that all the people can understand "Taiwan independence" and support "Taiwan independence."
When these "Taiwan independence" elements were about to start their actions, the authorities took action against them. It turned out that the agents of the Investigation Bureau of the Taiwan authorities had already kept an eye on Chen Sanxing. After a period of time in the "Taiwan independence" organization, Li Zhinan, an important member of his studies at Kaohsiung High School, felt that Song Jingsong and Chen Sanxing's actions were splitting the country, were very dangerous, and that nothing would come of it, so he took the initiative to turn himself in to the Taiwan Investigation Bureau. Considering that the organization was still developing, the Bureau of Investigation told him not to expose it for the time being and continue to conduct internal surveillance.
In May 1962, the Taiwan Bureau of Investigation discovered that the "Taiwan Independence Alliance" was about to make a big move and decided to attack it. Under Chiang Ching-kuo's personal arrangement, from 8 to 20 May, dozens of agents of the Investigation Bureau divided their routes to arrest members of the "Taiwan Independence Alliance" in various localities, and from 8 to 22 June, a group of members of the organization in the armed forces were also arrested and brought to justice.
Three months later, the 25 main suspects in the "Taiwan Independence Alliance" case were indicted in three batches by the military court of the General Garrison Headquarters. The main leaders of the group, Chen Sanxing and Shi Mingde, were sentenced to life imprisonment, and the other criminals were sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to 15 years.
The second was shot
The "Taiwan independence" element is Chen Zhixiong
Chen Zhixiong, a native of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, studied in Taiwan in his early years, and later studied in Japan, and is fluent in Japanese, English, French and Spanish. Because of his study in Japan, his thinking was deeply influenced by the Japanese right-wing. During World War II, Chen Zhixiong was recruited by the Japanese army to Indonesia and the Philippines as a translator for more than two years.
After Japan's surrender, Chen Zhixiong did not return to Taiwan, but stayed in Japan to engage in trade with Indonesia and engage in "Taiwan independence" activities on the other. Chen Chih-hsiung was one of the earliest "Taiwan independence" elements in Japan, and he was a "diplomat" in a number of "Taiwan independence" organizations, responsible for liaison with foreign countries. Before and after the establishment of the "Provisional Government of the Republic of Taiwan," Liao Wenyi's "Taiwan independence" organization, he was very active, and was sent by Liao Wenyi to serve as a "roving ambassador" to Southeast Asian countries. Chen Chih-hsiung's activities have attracted the attention of Taiwan's intelligence officers.
In 1955, the Taiwan authorities negotiated with Japan and Indonesia through diplomatic channels, informing Chen Zhixiong that he was a separatist and that he had caused harm to Taiwan's security, and demanded that Chen Zhixiong be arrested and handed over to Taiwan for handling. At that time, the Suharto government of Indonesia had a good relationship with Chiang Kai-shek, and as soon as Taiwan negotiated with Indonesia, Indonesia attached great importance to it and decided to detain Chen Zhixiong. Since Chen Zhixiong's company is headquartered in Japan, according to Indonesian regulations, Chen Zhixiong must first be repatriated to Japan. Since the Taiwan authorities and Japan have also negotiated but no agreement has been reached, the Indonesian Government and the Japanese authorities have refused to discuss the repatriation of Chen Chih-hsiung.
Indonesia and Japan did not welcome Chen Zhixiong, Chen had nowhere to stay, and was forced to fly around in the air, and for half a year, he became an internationally famous "trapeze".
At the end of 1955, a Swiss parliamentarian saw the news in the media and felt that the incident was quite strange, and felt sympathy for Chen Zhixiong, and decided to use his connections to help Chen Zhixiong obtain Swiss citizenship. Chen Zhixiong considered that he could enter Japan by becoming a Swiss citizen, so he quickly went through the procedures for naturalization in Switzerland.
After Chen Zhixiong re-entered Japan, he remained independent and continued to vigorously carry out "Taiwan independence" activities in Japan, and became the needle threader and guide for the foreign exchanges of many "Taiwan independence" organizations.
The Taiwan Bureau of Investigation was well aware of Chen Chih-hsiung's activities and felt that he was too harmful in Japan, so it decided to clean up Chen Chih-hsiung. In December 1960, after several rounds of negotiations with the Japanese Government, the Taiwan authorities proposed to exchange "Japanese drug traffickers" in exchange for Japan's arrest and repatriation of Chen Zhixiong.
According to the agreement reached between the two sides, on December 12, 1960, the Japanese government repatriated Chen Zhixiong to Taiwan. When Chen Zhixiong was deported to Taiwan, the authorities did not detain him, but they kept tracking and monitoring his whereabouts.
At the end of 1961, agents of the Taiwan Bureau of Investigation discovered that Chen Zhi-hsiung was again organizing the "Taiwan independence" organization "Harmony Society" during an email check, and were very shocked, believing that he was an incorrigible and desperate "Taiwan independence" element, and decided to arrest him.
With the consent and approval of Chiang's father and son, in 1962, the military court of the Taiwan Garrison General Headquarters prosecuted him and sentenced him to death, and his co-defendants Dai Cunde and Xiao Kunwang were each sentenced to eight years in prison.
On May 28, 1963, Chen Zhixiong was tied up and taken to the execution ground and executed. Li Ao has repeatedly said that only one "Taiwan independence" element has been executed, but he has not been named, and it is estimated that he is referring to him.
The third "Taiwan independence" element who was shot was Zheng Ping
Zheng Ping is a native of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, born in 1934. His father was a farmer and later ran a grocery store for a living. After the death of his parents, he inherited the grocery store. In the 60s of the 20th century, Zheng Ping's wife suffered from breast cancer. In order to save his wife, Zheng Ping sold all his family property, but in the end he still failed to save his wife.
In 1969, he brought his two young sons from Kaohsiung to Taipei to make a living and join the Christian Wander into Long. Seeing that Zheng Ping was destitute and desperate, Yu Jinlong took his two minor sons as apprentices in the bakery he owned. At the same time, You Jinlong's friend, a pastor surnamed Lin, also helped Zheng Ping financially, allowing his family to survive the most difficult time.
In 1971, because of his active participation in church activities, Zheng Ping was elected by the Taiwan Christian Church as a member of the "Christian Visiting Group" to Japan to attend the international conference held by the Christian Anti-Communist Federation. On his third day in Japan, Zheng Ping got to know Shi Ming, the main leader of the "Taiwan Independence Association," a "Taiwan independence" organization and a well-known "Taiwan independence" element.
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