“Providing compensation (to the victims of White Terror) will not write off the incidents once and for all.”

— Ma Ying-jeou

Ma Ying-jeou (2013) cited in: " Ma says thousands of White Terror era victims have received compensation http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/07/17/2003567300" in The Taipei Times, 17 July 2013.
Statement made at a memorial service marking the 26th anniversary of the lifting of martial law in Taiwan, 15 July 2013.
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Taiwanese politician, president of the Republic of China 1950

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