Today is the 40 year anniversary of his death.
“on July 3, 1981, Chen’s body was found on the campus of National Taiwan University in Taipei, his undergraduate alma mater, at the foot of a five-story building. At the time, he was 31 years old and an assistant professor of statistics at Carnegie Mellon University. The basic outlines of the story are well-known: The morning of the day before, Chen had gone in for questioning by the Taiwan Garrison Command regarding his political beliefs and activities in the United States. After that, his family—which included his wife, Su-jen (陳素貞) his one-year-old son, Eric, his parents, and seven siblings—never saw him alive again.”
“ Chen’s case became known internationally and, in the US, was the subject of two congressional hearings.”