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TAIPEI: Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday called on rival
China to give freedom and democracy to its people on the 19th
anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
“Since the June 4, 1989 incident, I have
expressed my thoughts on the anniversary and attended events
organized to remember the victims. What I do care about is whether
people in China can enjoy a life of freedom and democracy,” Ma
said in a statement.
Ma said he hopes a free, democratic and wealthy
China could “be a foundation for peaceful development in the
cross-strait ties and create a win-win situation for Taiwan and the
mainland.”
Hundreds, if not thousands of students and other
pro-democracy protesters who had been demonstrating peacefully in
Tiananmen Square in Beijing for weeks were shot dead by authorities
on the night of June 3 to 4, 1989.
China’s Communist Party has never offered a
full account of the crackdown.
Before Ma took office on May 20, he had been a
harsh critic on the Tiananmen Square massacre, urging China to
compensate the victims and their families.
-- AFP
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