Grandson of high-profile 228 Incident victim joins movement to recall KMT lawmakers
Grandson of high-profile 228 Incident victim joins movement to recall KMT lawmakers
2025-06-26
Lin Mosei was one of the more well-known victims of the KMT’s massacre of local dissidents on February 28, 1947. An educator, he was the first Taiwanese to receive a PhD in the US. He disappeared during the crackdown, and many believed he had been murdered. Last week, after waiting for 78 years, his family at last received a formal court ruling that Lin is presumed dead. However, his family is still sad as his descendants are displaced. Many of them have immigrated to the US. Now only three people from the third generation actually live in Taiwan. One of them has joined the movement to recall KMT lawmakers. He is reminding the public of his family’s painful experience and calling for the protection of Taiwan’s democracy.
Lin Cheng-chih
Lin Mosei’s grandson
Lot 256, on the district of Guting in Taipei City. This is the place where my grandfather was taken away.
During the February 28 incident in 1947, Lin Mosei, the first Taiwanese to receive a Doctor of Philosophy degree in the US, was taken away from his home by plain-clothed armed men in the middle of the night and has never been heard of since. After a wait of 78 years, his family applied to the Taiwan District Court for a death certificate. Last week they received a ruling that Lin Mosei at the age of 140 is legally presumed dead.
Lin Cheng-chih
Lin Mosei’s grandson
It’s hard to believe that miracles can happen but you also just can’t bear to let go. Grandma was very strong in front of us. She often hid in her room and cried. She really missed my grandpa just so much.
Now that the dust has all settled, Lin’s descendants feel no joy and only regret. After Lin’s disappearance, his son Lin Tsung-yi, a pioneering figure in Taiwanese psychiatry, was blacklisted and lived abroad for many years. Lin’s descendents were displaced and only three members of the family’s third generation live in Taiwan, Lin Cheng-chih is one of them. As a writer, he joined a Taiwanese literary alliance in signing a statement in support of the recalls. He even joined a recall group, going out on the streets on hot days and collecting supporting signatures.
Lin Cheng-chih
Lin Mosei’s grandson
A 91-year-old retired Air Force man slowly unzipped a small pocket on his vest and took out his ID card. He asked the volunteer to write for him. When he signed his name, he tried very hard to stop his hand from shaking.
Lin Cheng-chih’s eyes well up with tears when he talks about the movement to recall KMT legislators. His grandfather, who he never met, died in an undemocratic era. Now that he lives in an era of democracy, he is taking actions he thinks will protect it.
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228受難者林茂生孫子挺罷免 用家族慘痛經驗籲捍衛民主
2025-06-26
二二八事件政治受難者，台灣第一位留美哲學博士，林茂生，在失蹤78年後，經家屬申請，終於在上周獲判死亡宣告，宣告時年140歲。但消息傳出，家屬沒有喜悅，只有惋惜，因為林茂生被失蹤後，後代都過著顛沛流離的生活，不少人移民美國。如今第三代，只有三人留在台灣，其中一位投入大罷免運動，要用自家家族慘痛經驗，呼籲民眾，站出來，捍衛台灣民主。
[[二二八政治受難者林茂生孫子 林承志]]
“台北市古亭町256番地，這個地點就是我祖父，被帶走的地方”
1947年二二八事件期間，台灣第一位留美哲學博士，林茂生，遭便衣武裝人士，深夜帶離家門，從此音訊全無。家屬苦等78年，向北院申請死亡宣告，上周剛拿到裁定，林茂生以140歲高齡，在法律上被推定死亡。
[[二二八政治受難者林茂生孫子 林承志]]
“你很難相信說有奇蹟出現，可是你就是不捨嘛，阿嬤在我們的面前她是很堅強的，她是經常躲在房間裡面哭的，她非常的非常的思念我阿公。”
林家後代對一切塵埃落定，沒有喜悅，只有惋惜。林茂生罹難後，兒子林宗義，台灣精神醫學先驅，被列為黑名單，長年旅居海外。林家後代顛沛流離，第三代，只剩三人根留台灣，林承志就是其一。身為作家的他，也加入了台灣文學作家連署聲明。甚至還投入罷團，炎熱天上街頭，拉連署。
[[二二八政治受難者林茂生孫子 林承志]]
“一個91歲空軍退役的一個老伯伯，很緩慢的去把他的手，就在那個背心上面有一個小口袋，去把拉鍊拉開 然後拿出身分證，讓志工幫他寫，然後最後在簽的時候，他是很努力的去抑制住他的手不要抖”
林承志談到罷免運動，眼眶泛淚。未曾謀面的爺爺，死於不民主的時代，身在民主時代的他，用行動守護民主，不讓得來不易的台灣，被毀壞。
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