Mr. SOLARZ. Without objection, your statement and the statement of your associate will be included in the record at this point, and if you would like to supplement that with some remarks of our own, please proceed. Mrs. Liu. Yes, I will give you my short speech. I am grateful to come here to testify regarding my husband, Henry Liu, to tell what he believed in, and what he wrote about. My husband and I lived here, in Washington, DC, for 10 years from 1967 to 1978. Though we made many friends and acquaintances in Government life, we never thought that some day I would be testifying as a witness here in the Congress, and we certainly never could have thought of the tragic events that would bring me here. I am also here as a representative of the Committee to Obtain Justice for Henry Liu, which was organized by many of Henry's friends after his death on October 15, 1984. The chairman of our committee, Prof. Ling-Chi Wang, and our attorney, Jerome M. Garchik, are with me here this afternoon. The committee has members all across the United States. It includes many journalists, intellectuals and community leaders. The committee is not political, but rather is a humanitarian and civil rights group. The members and supporters hold many different political viewpoints on many American and Chinese questions, but they all share the same loss and outrage at the death of my husband. My husband was murdered on the orders of high Government officials of the Republic of China, Taiwan, and he was killed by them for a three-fold purpose: One, to punish him for writing about the ruling Chiang family; two, to prevent him from writing books and articles in the future about the Chiang family, and their political and family history; and, three, to scare other journalists and writers who might also be interested as Henry was in writing about this family and its history. My belief that this is why he was killed is based on evidence, such as the repeated efforts of Taiwanese officials to stop Henry from writing and publishing his book on President Chiang Chingkuo, the sworn confession of one of my husband's killers, Wu Tun, and on the continuing efforts of the Taiwan Government to coverup all of the true facts about who in the Taiwan Government ordered his murder and why. Who killed my husband and why? I believe that my husband was killed by the Taiwan Government because he was not just another journalist or writer. Many people have compared Henry's work to that of William Shirer, Theodore White, and Louis Fischer. Henry's work was widely published and read all throughout Asia, in China, Japan, Hong Kong and in Taiwan, despite Taiwan's many efforts to suppress his work. Henry and I came to the United States because he could not live under the policy of fear, censorship, and suppression that prevails in Taiwan. Once he became a citizen, Henry believed he would be free to write whatever he wanted, and he told Taiwan's officials this on several occasions. Henry had this courage to write about the official family of Taiwan when others did not. People who know China know the passion for secrecy that surrounds the Chiang family. Many people feel that Henry's planned full biography of Governor Wu would contain many shocking and damaging revelations about President Chiang and his family. The involvement of Government officials in my husband's murder is not subject to question. Nor is the true motive. The only questions now are whether all of the people involved will be identified, and whether all will really be punished for Henry's murder. Is there a political coverup of this case? We fear that both Taiwan and the Reagan administration will coverup the full story of my husband's murder for political reasons, to protect the high officials who were really involved. We have the following evidence of a coverup: One, the refusal of Taiwan to extradite or deport all the persons arrested for involvement in my husband's murder. Two, the failure of the Reagan administration to denounce my husband's terrorist murder, or to insist upon the delivery over of the killers to U.S. justice. Three, the continued concealment of Chen Chi-li's taped confession, giving rise to concern about doctoring of this taped confession. Four, the refusal of the Justice Department to seek Federal criminal indictments against the killers and the instructions of the FBI and the Justice Department to local law enforcement to limit their investigation away from Taiwan officials. Five, the failure of the FBI and Daly City investigative team to interrogate the Taiwanese officials arrested in connection with this murder. Six, disturbing statements from local and Federal law enforcement that this case will soon be closed, without any actual trials of anybody. Seven, the failure of the Taiwan Government to appoint an independent Warren Commission to conduct a blue-ribbon investigation. We are not pleased with the U.S. Government or Taiwan's response for far. Since my husband's death, I have received no words. of condolence or regret from any representative of the Taiwan Government. That Government has acted in a manner unacceptable under both Chinese and American custom. We appeal to Congress to make a stronger response to Taiwan. We appeal to you to help us obtain justice for my murdered husband, Henry Liu. Thank you. [The prepared statement of Mrs. Liu follows:] I represent the family of journalist Henry Liu who was murdered by hired killers who traveled to California in early October from Taiwan solely for that purpose. These astonishing facts have been confirmed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Daly City Police Department who announced them to the public late last week, and have been confirmed in various published reports both here and in Taiwan. On Thursday, November 29, 1984 the F.B. I. and Daly City Police announced the identity of the four murderers, and declared that one, David Yu, had been arrested in California and was in custody. However, later that day, the San Mateo County District Attorney ordered Mr. Yu released without any charges being brought against him. And no charges, state or federal have been brought against the other three suspects, two of whom are presently in custody in Taiwan. It is clear from these extraordinary events that the state authorities either cannot or will not prosecute the parties responsible for this terrible crime, perhaps because the international nature of the offense renders such a prosecution too complex and costly for local law enforcement. In any case, it is clear that there are grounds for a federal criminal prosecution to proceed against the responsible parties under Title 13 U.S.C.§241, Conspiracy to Deprive Henry Liu, a United States Citizen, of his Civil Rights. On behalf of the family of Henry Liu, I therefore urge you to commence any necessary federal grand jury investigations, leading to the bringing of indictments under 18 U.S.C.§241 and other applicable federal laws, against David Yu and his three Taiwan based co-conspirators. I further urge that you commence appropriate extradition proceedings, and/or state department negotiations necessary and proper to return the three Taiwan residents to the Northern District of California to face trial and charges here for their terrible crime. Respectfully, JEROME GARCHAK JMG: j cc. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Senate Committee on Foreign Relations San Mateo County District Attorney James P. Fox In response to your letter dated December 3, 1984, hand-delivered As has been the case, the FBI will continue to work closely with the Daly City Police Department and, incidentally, with the San Mateo District Attorney's office to provide whatever assistance may be needed to identify the person or persons responsible for Dr. Liu's death. You should not infer from the foregoing that it would never be Please convey my condolences to the Liu family. I join with you and others in deploring this cowardly and savage act. |