On the evening of February 27th, 1947, the anti-smuggling personnel of Taipei Branch of Monopoly Bureau arrested Lin Jiangmai, a cigarette seller, and seriously injured her. The onlookers were angered and demanded that the murderer be severely punished, but they were rejected by the Taipei gendarmerie.
As of the morning of 28th, the Chief Executive's Office has not made a statement on this matter. Large-scale mass demonstrations broke out in Taipei, and businesses responded to the strike. The marchers surrounded the Chief Executive's office and made five demands, including abolishing the monopoly bureau and punishing the murderer. However, a shooting incident occurred at the scene, killing three people and injuring three others. In the afternoon, demonstrators gathered in Zhongshan Park and occupied the radio station, calling on the people of the whole province to rise up against tyranny. Students, workers and businessmen went on strike in Taipei. This matter soon spread all over the province. On the same day, Chen Yi declared martial law in the whole province and used military police to arrest people.
In March 1, the situation further expanded. Keelung, Kaohsiung, Yilan, Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Chiayi, Hualien and other cities and counties formed armed forces mainly composed of workers, peasants and young students, attacked the barracks, warehouses and airports of the Kuomintang army, occupied the county and city governments, destroyed the Kuomintang party headquarters, and arrested and punished Kuomintang spies. On the same day, all walks of life in Taipei set up the "228 Incident Handling Committee" [hereinafter referred to as the "Handling Committee"] and put forward 32 "Handling Outline" [added 10]. The key point is to formulate the law of provincial autonomy in Taiwan Province Province and stipulate the electoral law and labor protection law of provinces, counties and cities; Emphasize that government departments and the army should attract people from Taiwan Province province to participate; Cancel the monopoly bureau, garrison headquarters, Taiwan Province Province, concentration camps, etc. ; Safeguarding people's freedom of speech, publication and strike reflects the political demands of Taiwan Province people for "autonomy of Taiwan Province Province" because they are dissatisfied with Kuomintang rule. The committee's suggestion was rejected by Chen Yi.
As soon as the incident happened, Chen Yi telegraphed Chiang Kai-shek and suggested that "the central government should send more troops as soon as possible". On the 9th, 20,000 troops landed in Keelung and Kaohsiung, suppressing the uprising masses in big cities such as Taipei, Keelung, Kaohsiung and Chiayi. /kloc-in the early morning of 0/3, Chen Yi ordered "the suspects related to the February 28th Incident to be executed on the spot without asking their names". Leaders of similar organizations in various places, some government officials and journalists who reported the truth of the incident were killed, and quite a few were killed by mistake. Thousands of Taiwan Province compatriots were killed or injured in the February 28th incident.
In mid-March, the Kuomintang held the Third Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee. At the meeting, Chen Yi was questioned by 55 members, including Liu, and was forced to resign and take responsibility for the consequences of the "February 28th Incident". In June of 5438+07, Bai Chongxi was ordered to go to Taiwan to deal with the aftermath. By the 25th, the Kuomintang government announced that the "February 28th Incident" had been resolved. Later, the Kuomintang government abolished the office of the Chief Executive of Taiwan Province Province and established a provincial government, with Wei Daoming as the chairman instead of Chen Yi.