Yeh Hung-ling explained

Yeh Hung-ling is a Taiwanese activist and politician.

Yeh served the Taiwan Association for Truth and Reconciliation (TATR) as executive secretary and chief executive.^{[1] [2] [3]} While she was affiliated with the organization, Yeh's views on the February 28 Incident,^[4] transitional justice,^[5] and Lung Ying-tai^[6] were published in the Taipei Times. By 2016, Yeh had left her position at TATR,^{[7] [8]} but continued advocating for victims of the February 28 Incident and their families.^[9]

After the Social Democratic Party was founded in 2015, Yeh became the party's secretary-general.^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

On 7 April 2018, Yeh was nominated to serve on the Transitional Justice Commission.^[14] In materials submitted to the Legislative Yuan, Yeh opined that the primary focus on the committee should not be on handling authoritarian symbols, but on uncovering the truth and determining accountability.^{[15] [16]} Her nomination was confirmed by the Legislative Yuan in May 2018.^{[17] [18]} Yeh became the commission's spokesperson.^{[19] [20] [21] [22]}

After the legislature voted to extend the term of the commission, Yeh's reappointment was confirmed in May 2020.^[23] Yeh was additionally elevated to vice chairwoman of the commission.^[24] When resigned as chair of the Transitional Justice Commission, Yeh was named acting chair. In this position, Yeh commented on the possible removal of the Chiang Kai-shek statue at Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall,^{[25] [26]} discussed the commission's research into the Dang Guo system,^[27] and remarked on the commission's finding that Chiang Ching-kuo was an authoritarian figure, and the was an authoritarian symbol.^[28] She remained the commission's acting leader until May 2022, when its final report was published.^{[29] [30]}

Notes and References

1. News: Loa . Iok-sin . NTU student group wants monument to Chen Wen-chen . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 16 June 2012.
2. News: Lii . Wen . Gongsheng Music Festival raises 228 awareness . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 1 March 2015.
3. News: Hsiao . Alison . Green Island basketball event slammed . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 29 August 2014.
4. News: Yeh . Hung-ling . Outsourcing history is problematic . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 3 March 2011.
5. News: Huang . Cheng-yi . Yeh . Hung-ling . On legislating transitional justice . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 28 April 2016.
6. News: Chen . Chun-hung . Yeh . Hung-ling . Lung risks obscuring human rights . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 14 June 2012.
7. News: Hsiao . Alison . White Terror era files put on exhibit in bookstore . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 13 March 2016.
8. News: Hsiao . Alison . FEATURE: Legislator calls for act to archive sensitive documents . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 15 March 2016.
9. News: Wang . Amber . 228: PAST AND PRESENT: Feature: Victims demand justice 70 years after massacre . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . Agence France Presse . 28 February 2017.
10. News: Green Party, Social Democratic Party to form political union . 25 February 2024 . Central News Agency.
11. News: Loa . Iok-sin . Tsai and Fan cook side-by-side at Taipei event . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 13 November 2015.
12. News: Lin . Sean . Ko backs alliance of eight candidates . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 10 December 2015.
13. News: Gerber . Abraham . ELECTIONS: Alliance changes stance on preference voting . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 10 January 2016.
14. News: Lin . Hsing-meng . Low . Y.F. . Remaining 3 nominees to transitional justice committee named . 1 June 2018 . Central News Agency . 7 April 2018.
15. News: Tseng . Wei-chen . Committee chairman to prioritize archive . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 15 April 2018.
16. News: Tseng . Wei-chen . Hsiao . Sherry . Justice committee views submitted . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 15 April 2018.
17. News: Chen . Chun-hua . Fan . Cheng-hsiang . Ku . Chuan . Shih . Hsiu-chuan . Kao . Evelyn . Legislature approves nominees to transitional justice committee. 1 June 2018 . Central News Agency . 8 May 2018.
18. News: Lin . Sean . All transitional justice panel nominees OK'd . 1 June 2018 . Taipei Times . 9 May 2018.
19. News: Chen . Yu-fu . Chin . Jonathan . Justice commission plans to exonerate 1,505 people . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 2 December 2018.
20. News: Chen . Yu-fu . Declassification slowing justice process: source . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 31 December 2018.
21. News: Chen . Yu-fu . Chung . Jake . All ‘terror’ victims to be pardoned . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 31 January 2019.
22. News: Chen . Yu-fu . Chin . Jonathan . Commission researches White Terror-era prisons . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 19 June 2019.
23. News: Transitional Justice Commission members confirmed in party-line vote. Central News Agency. 26 May 2020. 26 May 2020. Wang. Yang-yu. Fan. Cheng-hsiang. Mazzetta. Matthew.
24. News: Lin . Sean . Lawmakers approve justice panel members . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 27 May 2020.
25. News: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall transformation outline plan unveiled . 25 February 2024 . Central News Agency . 8 September 2021.
26. News: Chen . Yu-fu . Madjar . Kayleigh . Removal of Chiang statue prioritized . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 9 September 2021.
27. News: Lee . Hsin-fang . Chin . Jonathan . Commission sets legal code for its White Terror probe . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 23 October 2021.
28. News: Chen . Yu-fu . Chung . Jake . Commission decries using public funds to honor ‘a dictator’ . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 11 March 2022.
29. News: Taiwan's government looks to establish 'transitional justice' office by May . 25 February 2024 . Central News Agency . 30 April 2022. Republished as: News: Cabinet seeks to open justice office soon . 25 February 2024 . Taipei Times . 1 May 2022.
30. News: Lee . Hsin-fang . Chin . Jonathan . Take Chiang off cash: commission . 25 February 2024 . 29 May 2022.