資料來源：http://chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/08/04/385517/Over-200000.htm
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Over 200,000 people last night packed Ketagalan Blvd. in front of the Presidential Office to “bid farewell” to Army Corporal Hung Chung-chiu (洪仲丘) and demand truth and justice regarding Hung's untimely death, according to Citizen 1985, organizer of the event.
The rally, the second of its kind, was held on the eve of the funeral service slated for this morning for the 24-year-old conscript. Hung died on July 4 of severe heatstroke apparently caused by being forced to exercise excessively, just two days before he was scheduled to be discharged.
The first rally, held in Taipei on July 20, drew some 30,000 participants to protest against the death of Hung after the alleged abuse he suffered while in service.
Last night the protesters, all dressed in white, loudly shouted their support of Hung's effort when Chung-chiu's mother appeared at the rally in the company of Chung-chiu's elder sister and younger brothers, as well as a group of lawyers.
Hung's mother tearfully extended her thanks to all the participants in the rally for their support and their efforts in helping uncover the truth of Chung-chiu's death,
“As the mother of Chung-chiu, July 4 was a heart-breaking day, when my dutiful son passed away from heatstroke. We have waited for the truth of Chung-chiu's death for one full month, but have been left unsatisfied,” she said.
However, she asked all the participants to drop their anger and hatred arising from the undesirable case while bidding a farewell to Chung-chiu, whose funeral will be held this morning in Taichung.
Meanwhile, rally organizer Citizen 1985 issued three calls at the rally: First that the Special Investigation Division (SID) under the Supreme Prosecutors Office should move to investigate the case, or the military sector and the judicial system should jointly carry out investigations. Second, that the military sector should set up a special committee to re-investigate unjust death cases recorded in the past years. Third, that the military prosecution system should be totally taken over by the civilian judicial system, with the president to be fully responsible for the human rights of soldiers.
In response, Premier Jiang Yi-huah responded positively to the requests at a press conference held at around 10 p.m. Jiang said the government will set up a special committee to handle applications for reinvestigation of supposedly unjust cases recorded in the military, with the committee to be composed of representatives of the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Justice, civil groups, human rights groups and lawyers, among others.
Second, the government will revise military prosecution regulations to switch prosecution of certain offenses in the military to the civilian judicial system.
資料來源：http://chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2013/08/04/385517/Over-200000.htm
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