Wang Yu-Lin (王育霖,1919-1947)

He was a prosecutor and a high school teacher.


A picture of their engagement in 1941


Wedding

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Wang Yu-Lin (王育霖, 1919–47) graduated from the Department of Law at Tokyo Imperial University (now University of Tokyo) and passed the examination of National Judges and Prosecutors in Japan. He worked in Kyoto District Court and also was the first Taiwanese who worked in Japan as a prosecutor. After the Second World War ended, he and his family moved back to Taiwan, and he was hired to be a prosecutor in Hsinchu (新竹) District Court. He was a righteous man who wasn’t afraid of or in favor of the people who had power and money, which got him into trouble. He revealed the corruption of the mayor and the commissioner of the police department. The mayor took revenge during the 228 Incident, arresting Wang Yu-Lin and torturing him brutally for days in the prison. At the end of March, they executed him and dumped his body into Tamsui River (淡水河). His family never found his body.

Wang Yu-Lin's younger brother, Wang Yu-De (王育德,1924~1985).

He was a scholar and the early leader of Taiwan independence movement. He was an expert in the field of Minnan language. Here is a documentary film about him.


Wang Yu-De (Mandarin)
Ong Iok-Tek (Minnan)


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