Quote of the Week

Not quite from this week's news but Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) recently made a poignant comment to the President on a visit to the Jingmei military detention center in Taipei:

After the ceremony, Lu, who was among those who were detained at the center, walked with Ma around the park and showed him the cell where she was held.

“If you have heard people praise Taiwan as a nation that protects human rights, you should feel ashamed because the regime you served failed to do that,” she told Ma.

“You were working in the Presidential Office when I was in prison … Human rights is not about lip service but countless lives,” she said.

Ma acknowledged that the then government was “inhumane” for refusing to allow Lu to attend the funeral service of her mother, adding that his administration would work harder to protect human rights and restore historical truths.