Hai-Wang's Daybreak | Zhunan Special Exhibition - Chiu Ho-Shun's Forgotten 32 Years: Six-Lecture Series

Hai-Wang's Daybreak | Zhunan Special Exhibition - Chiu Ho-Shun's Forgotten 32 Years: Six-Lecture Series

Last edited: 2026-08-29

Chiu Ho-shun Rescue Team

"Hai-Wang's Daybreak - Chiu Ho-Shun's Forgotten 32 Years: Zhunan Special Exhibition" will be shown in Chiu's hometown of Zhunan from January 29 through February 6.

Before the exhibition opens, two promotional talks will be held: "Seeing the Unseen: Life on Death Row × Media Narratives of Wrongful Convictions" and "Encountering the Sovereign Machine Through the Haze: Understanding and Telling the Stories of Wrongful Convictions." Attorney Tsai Meng-Han of the Plain Law Movement will share his experience using media advocacy to communicate wrongful-conviction issues. Exonerees Cheng Hsing-Tse, Su Chien-Ho, and Hsu Tzu-Chiang will also discuss how wrongful death-penalty cases take shape and how those experiences are remembered. "Understanding wrongful convictions is something we can do; telling their stories is something we must keep practicing."

We invite everyone to join us in understanding, telling, and practicing these stories before the exhibition begins. Four additional talks with different themes will also be held during the exhibition.

The first, "Miaoli Youth Returning Home: The Chiu Ho-Shun Case You Need to Know," features Miaoli County Councilor Tseng Wen-Hsueh, Chiu Ho-Shun pro bono attorney Li I-Chuan, and exhibition volunteer Li Li-Cheng. Building on the Taipei exhibition's discussion of "Why Should Young People Care About the Chiu Ho-Shun Case?", the session invites young people in Miaoli-whatever their fields or roles-to consider why their generation should care about a case that began before many of them were born.

The second, "Can You Hear Our Voice? From the Laid-Off Workers Case and the Anti-Wind-Turbine Movement to the Chiu Ho-Shun Case," features Chiu Ho-Shun pro bono attorney Yu Po-Hsiang and Miaoli County Councilors Chen Pin-An and Sung Kuo-Ting. Looking through the lens of social-movement participation-from the laid-off workers case and the Dapu incident to the anti-wind-turbine movement and the Chiu Ho-Shun case-the speakers will explore a recurring struggle against the arrogance and violence of state power.

The third, "Returning to the Scene, 30 Years Later," brings the focus back to Miaoli and uses Zhunan as the starting point for revisiting the scene of the Chiu Ho-Shun case three decades later. Writer Chang Chuan-Fen, who has researched the case extensively, will help reconstruct what happened. The session will also feature a person directly affected by a wrongful conviction and a retired police officer who once spoke publicly about the truth. The hope is to piece together the traces of the case more precisely.

The final talk, "I Won't Leave You Alone: Stories of Volunteers and Chiu Ho-Shun," features longtime volunteers Chin Chia-I and Lin I-Ying, who have supported the case since its early stages, together with Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty Executive Director Lin Hsin-I. Held on the exhibition's final day, the conversation will reflect on how, no matter how many times daybreak seemed to be missed along the way, supporters retained a gentle but determined strength.

Seeing the Unseen: Life on Death Row × Media Narratives of Wrongful Convictions

Panelists

Tsai Meng-Han Senior Editor, Plain Law Movement
Cheng Hsing-Tse Exoneree

  • Time: January 22, 2021 (Fri.), 1:30-3:30 p.m.
  • Location: Xindiaoju (No. 64, Chushui Rd., Xiping Li, Yuanli Township, Miaoli County)

Concluded

Encountering the Sovereign Machine Through the Haze: Understanding and Telling the Stories of Wrongful Convictions

Panelists

Su Chien-Ho Exoneree
Hsu Tzu-Chiang Exoneree

  • Time: January 23, 2021 (Sat.), 7:00-9:00 p.m.
  • Location: Wild Art Studio (No. 61, Lida St., Zhunan Township, Miaoli County)

Concluded

Miaoli Youth Returning Home: The Chiu Ho-Shun Case You Need to Know

Panelists

Tseng Wen-Hsueh Miaoli County Councilor
Li I-Chuan Pro Bono Attorney for Chiu Ho-Shun
Li Li-Cheng Volunteer, Hai-Wang's Daybreak Curatorial Team

  • Time: January 29, 2021 (Fri.), 7:00-9:00 p.m.
  • Location: Moshilife Studio (No. 7, Nantian St., Zhunan Township, Miaoli County)

Concluded

Can You Hear Our Voice? From the Laid-Off Workers Case and the Anti-Wind-Turbine Movement to the Chiu Ho-Shun Case

Panelists

Yu Po-Hsiang Pro Bono Attorney for Chiu Ho-Shun
Chen Pin-An Miaoli County Councilor
Sung Kuo-Ting Miaoli County Councilor

  • Time: January 30, 2021 (Sat.), 2:00-4:00 p.m.
  • Location: Moshilife Studio (No. 7, Nantian St., Zhunan Township, Miaoli County)

Concluded

Returning to the Scene, 30 Years Later

Panelists

Chang Chuan-Fen Writer
Lin Kun-Ming Person Wrongfully Convicted
Mr. Wu Retired Police Officer

  • Time: January 31, 2021 (Sun.), 2:00-4:00 p.m.
  • Location: Moshilife Studio (No. 7, Nantian St., Zhunan Township, Miaoli County)

Concluded

I Won't Leave You Alone: Stories of Volunteers and Chiu Ho-Shun

Panelists

Lin Hsin-I Executive Director, Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty
Chin Chia-I Longtime Volunteer Supporting Chiu Ho-Shun
Lin I-Ying Longtime Volunteer Supporting Chiu Ho-Shun

  • Time: February 6, 2021 (Sat.), 2:00-4:00 p.m.
  • Location: Moshilife Studio (No. 7, Nantian St., Zhunan Township, Miaoli County)

Concluded

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