Talk:3-19 shooting incident
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We must anticipate future assasination attempts in Taiwan, so this article should be renamed somewhere in the lines of 3·19枪击事件.
Now that we have this article, we should move much of the commentary at Taiwan presidential election, 2004 here. This article should also be linked at Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu. The Standard: "Yes, I did meet the president ... and did examine his wound. He was very gracious. I took some photos. I can tell you that the wound is completely consistent with a gunshot wound. It fits in with being 10 days old, and correlated with the pictures from the hospital. I have no reason to believe it was not an injury of an acute nature sustained on that day, Wecht said.
This contradicts the statements made on this page. --Jiang 05:16, 5 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Hey Jiang I created an account. I guess Wecht said that and changes should be made. I got my sources from [1]. It was in last week's paper so I'll have to dig up. I've never heard chinatimes reporting what wecht said though. It only said that the wound's healed up pretty well and it's difficult to say exactly how many days. He said it looks like a gunshot wound though. Yeah we should rename the page to avoid confusion because there was also an attempt on Chiang Ching-Kuo by a radical taiwanese independence supporter, i think in the eighties. ---User:Wareware
I moved the page to "March 19, 2004 assassination attempt in Taiwan". Comments?
Commentary should be added on Pan-Blue demands for an independent investigation and Pan-Green concerns that Henry Lee is a Pan-Blue supporter. I thought a bullet casing was found Chen's jacket and another was found at the scene (not both of them there...). We should also mention Lu's recent article describing the incident, and questions/contradictions brought up by James Soong. --Jiang 08:45, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
you could've mentioned "presidential" assasination i guess. Also, the bullet "casings" were found on the campaign route. The bullet "heads" themselves were found in the jacket and on the floor of the jeep. Now that henry lee is here we shuould add some stuff, particularly the x-ray equipment he's using. Have to check on that. Wareware 10:01, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- I was trying to keep the title short. I think it's unambiguous enough since no other assassination attempt seems to have occurred in Taiwan on that day. It was also a "vice presidential assassination attempt" --Jiang 10:12, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Update is needed. --Jiang 04:08, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] partiality
I think the following line is not entirely accurate. Has the Council of Grand Justices ruled on the law yet? "Because the law was suspected to be unconstitutional, the Pan-Green Coalition opposes such a commission and after the Executive Yuan veto was overriden, unsuccessfully asked the Council of Grand Justices to nullify the law." --anon
- Thank you for your comment. Thank you for removing the misleading comment. I find the whole article extremely one-sided. Obviously, Pan-blue supporters know better English, and they have taken the lead to write this article. Reading it, a foreigner would be excused to come to the conclusion that President Chen must be behind some sort of dark scheme. AugustinMa 05:02, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)
[edit] I just don't believe
I dont believe 3-19 shooting incident is only an accident.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 219.77.165.110 (talk • contribs).
- 200 Years ago, people believe the Earth is flat. You believe what you believed in, which is not necessarily the fact.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.109.7.85 (talk • contribs).
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- It was a failed assassination attempt, not an accident.--Jerrypp772000 00:42, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Re resignation
I have heard that the National Security Bureau director's resignation had more to do with disgust over his inadvertent role in shaping the election results. I'm told he was the one who authorised the national security mechanism which mobilized the military and law enforcement into a state of emergency and, in accordance with the directive, subsequently prevent this traditionally pro nationalist party demographic from voting in the election. I don't know enough about Taiwan's politics or government procedures to check up on this, but I'd appreciate it if someone with more expertise could confirm or refute this.
- I remember reading articles refuting that accusation by pulling out the voting statistics, which suggest that those affected military population in recent years had a history voting for pro-DPP candidates. It was a debate long time ago and I can't remember where I saw it. However, I belive it is a conspiracy theory which can not be proved made by the pan-blue.Mababa 07:31, 28 Mar 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Update Required
Someone needs to update this article with information on the recent public recanting by the family of one of the suspects and their accusations of blackmail by the police.
[edit] Li Ao's evidence of CIA involvement
The Li Ao article says he had evidence of CIA involvement.
- In February 2005, Li held a press conference, accusing PFP leader, James Soong of having changed his opposition towards military weapons purchase from the United States under the influence of people of Pro-American inclination, people with CIA backgrounds and arms traders who would receive kick-backs. Li threatened Soong that he will reveal the names of the people with CIA backgrounds, who were influencing Soong, to the general public unless Soong reverted to his previous opposition position.[2] PFP legislators dismissed the accusation and responded that Li Ao should reveal his evidence to support his story.[3]
- Later that year, in June, Li revealed to the Taiwanese press that he had exclusive information from the CIA concerning the 3-19 shooting incident. He alleged that the real motive of the killer was to assassinate Vice-President Annette Lu in order to garner sympathy votes for Chen Shui-bian, and that the killer had been condoned by the governing party for ulterior political reasons. After flashing a series of supposedly CIA-endorsed documents to reporters, he mailed them to Annette Lu, claiming that she would need to know the full extent of truth about the assassination attempt.
What has become of this? Perhaps it should be included in this article, if the evidence has been vetted. Kent Wang 16:47, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
One could assume that if the CIA had actually sent any info to any Taiwanese Politician (Pan-blue or otherwise), China would have a fit and condemn such an act. Seeing how none of the 'CIA reports' ever made it into the news again, Ockham's razor (which admittedly has become blunt through overuse) states that it was something Li Ao created to get his face back on national television.
