Also recently came across the case of Walis Wumi (林明勇 Lin Ming-yong).
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Walis Wumi became the leader of a Truku tribal village during the Japanese era. Walis Wumi celebrated the KMT’s arrival, and became the first KMT appointed head of Xiolin (秀林) rural townships in Hualian. Immediately after the outbreak of the 228 incident, Walis was appointed to the special 228 crisis handling committee in Hualian, he was one of a total of 5 members.
Walis’ grandson Nanan Dadaw have always been told that his grandfather committed suicide by hanging himself. Nanan always found it weird since the site was lacking trees for the hanging ritual. Nanan later became a local religious leader (pastor). Since the ending of the martial law period, Nanan have always attended 228 memorials with a sense of penance. Nanan felt his family was responsible as collaborators of the incident, since his grandfather was so supportive of the KMT.
It’s not until his uncle, Lin Guoliang (林國樑), son of Walis Wumi, seeked help to gain access to the 228 national archive, did Nanan figure out that his grandfather was also a victim of the 228 incident. His family had just been protecting his generation by not telling them the truth. Walis Wumi was listed in the 228 Treason files for inciting savages to kill.
Lin Guoliang, also a pastor, saw his father dragged away from home on a vehicle marked with the KMT emblem when he was 5. His mother stopped him from chasing after the vehicle. Lin never saw his father again. It’s not until 3 year later that his family were informed of someone discovering a body in the wild, and they identified the remains by Walis Wumi’s golden tooth.
Lin Guoliang was never sure if his father was indeed killed by the government, but 60 some years later, the document proved his father was indeed a victim of Chiang Kaishek’s Qingxiang (清鄉) order. Lin’s mother subsequently refuse to talk about the incident, and Lin said losing his father left an irrevocable impact on his life. Lin founded Home for Aboriginal Youth and Children in part due to his own experience of losing his father.
In 2012, Walis Wumi was certified by the government as a 228 victim. Pastor Lin said going to receive that certificated felt like reuniting with his father. Pastor Lin Guoliang unfortunately passed away last August.