The 1987 Lieyu massacre occurred on 7 March 1987 at Donggang Bay, Lieyu Island ("Lesser Kinmen" or "Little Quemoy"), Kinmen, Fujian, Republic of China (ROC) when soldiers from the ROC Army's 185 Heavy Infantry Division killed 24 Vietnamese refugees on the shoreline of Donggang Bay, including 4 Hoa families, 8 children (1 baby), 5 women (1 pregnant) and 11 men.[1][2] The ROC military officially denied the massacre and defined it as an incident of "accidental manslaughter" (誤殺事件), hence referring to it as the March 7 Incident (三七事件) or Donggang Incident (東崗事件).[7][8]
Despite the ROC's attempts to cover-up the incident, the massacre sparked political outrage, and partially contributed to the end of the 38-year long period of martial law; it had been in place since the Kuomintang's exodus from mainland China in May 1949. The case remains under investigation.[9][10]
^ ab"金門三七事件家屬首次來台 盼安置牌位+真相" [The family members of the March 7 Incident of Kinmen come to Taiwan for the first time, hoping to place a memorial monument and search for the truth] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei, Taiwan: TVBS News. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via Youtube.
^ abOu, Yun-rong; Zhang, Min-ru (9 August 2024). "金門三七事件20名越南人遇難 家屬首度來台要求遺體安置祭祀" [The families of 20 Vietnamese killed in the March 7 Incident of Kinmen came to Taiwan for the first time to request their bodies to be properly buried and remembered] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei, Taiwan: PTS NEWS. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
^"金門三七事件20名越南人遇難 家屬首度來台要求遺體安置祭祀" [The family members of 20 Vietnamese killed in the March 7 Incident of Kinmen came to Taiwan for the first time to request their bodies to be properly buried and remembered] (in Traditional Chinese). 臺北: PTV midday news. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via Youtube.
^"金門三七慘案逾37年 難民家屬首度來台尋真相" [Over 37 years after the March 7 Tragedy of Kinmen, the refugees' family members come to Taiwan for the first time to seek the truth] (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei, Taiwan: Chinese Television System. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via Youtube.
^Hsue-fang Lin, Academia Sinica research assistant, "22nd Memorial to the Lieyue Massacre", Lihpao Daily, (林雪芳，中央研究院研究助理，《小金門國軍屠殺越南難民22週年》，台灣立報), 15 March 2009
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