President Ma says the Taiwanese did resist against Japan

President Ma Ying-jeou said on Friday that people who claimed that no Taiwanese under Japanese colonial rule had resisted against Japan failed to learn historical truths, citing the story of Lee Yu-pang (李友邦, 1906-1952), leader of a group of resistance fighters called Taiwan Volunteers (台灣義勇隊) in the anti-Japanese war from 1937 to 1945.

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