•• •• aCl lC Cl lZen Newsstand: 25¢ .National Publication or the Japanese American Citizens League (60e Postpa l ~) ISSN: 0030-8579 / Whole No. 2,336 1 Vol. 100 No. 16 244 S. San Pedro St., Am. 506, Los Angeles, CA 90012-3981 (213)626-6936,628-3768 April 26, 1985 'Asians don't value life,' U.S. senator says WASHINGTON-Sen. Paul Trible ta (D-Calif.) sent Trible a letter that our servicepeople bad to fight (R-Va.) resurrected a Vietnam­ of protest which read as follows: against inhumane and bizarre era stereotype earlier this month " I am writing to express my Asian forces. Such a blanket when he said that he didn't think anger at your highly offensive and statement is no substitute for a his fighting in Vietnam ''would racist statement ... thoughtful analysis of our involve­ have saved the world" because 'Please consider what you have ment in Vietnam. " Asians have no value for life. " said with that remark. You have "The Vietnam War was tragic During the war, a similar state­ said that you believe that an entire and complex and there are many ~_ ~bOl ment was made by Gen. William race of people does not value or differing views and opinions about . Westmoreland. understand life the way other hu­ our country's role. Statements Trible's remarks appeared in man beings do. With your state­ such as yours do not address the the Washington Post on April 15 as ment you imply that an entire race issues involved, are clearly in­ part of a series on the Vietnam of people feels no compunction flammatory, and only continue to war. The Post noted that Trible, a about killing other human beings create an atmosphere of hatred member of the Senate Foreign and that an entire race does not and misunderstarr:ling about Asia Relations Committee, was photo­ care about the conditions in which and its people. graphed for a campaign ad wear­ they live their lives. "I fuxi it outrageous that you, a Photo by George Thow ing a pilot's uniform in the cockpit "As an American of Asian an­ member of the Senate Foreign DESERTED - Remains of garden at Manzanar are inspected by of a military plane despite the fact cestry, I am personally offended Relations Committee, would have members of Manzanar Committee and officials of Los Angeles City that he received a medical defer­ by your remark. such a distorted and racist view of and Inyo County water departments. (Story on page 9.) ment during the war for a slight , Perhaps you are trying to give the world. I urge you to withdraw malformation of the right arm. the American people a new expla­ the statement and apologize to On April 17 , Rep. Norman Mine- nation for our defea t in Vietnam- those whom you have offended. " Taiwan official sentenced in Liu murder 'Kuei-sen, is still at large and is . • TAIPEI- The former headofTai­ were implicated by two of the men believed to be in. the Phi:lippines. Support group for Kimura formed wan's military intelligence bureau who actually carried out the kill­ Wang's deputIes, Maj. Gen. Hu was convicted April 19 of planning ing, Cren Chi-Ii, leader of Tai­ Yi-min and Col. Chen Hu-men (no by Katie Kaori Hayashi the murder of Chinese American wan's United Bamboo gang, and relation to Chen Chi-Ii), were She allegedly became despond­ writer Henry Liu and sentenced to fellow gang member Wu Tun. found to be accessories to murder LOS ANGELES-More than 55 ent after finding out that her hus­ life imprisonment. Acording to Chen, who was also and were given prison tenns of persons attended a meeting at the band Itsuroku was having an af­ A military tribunal found Vice an intelligence agent for Taiwan, 2% years each. The three intelli­ Japanese American Cultural and fair. In Japan, parent-child sui­ Adm. Wang Hsi-ling guiltyof"tak­ Wang told him that Liu was an gence officers aM the two gang­ Community Center to help Fumi­ cide, known as shinju, is more ing advantage ofllie opportunities intelligence operative for Taiwan sters had all faced possible death ko Kimura, a native of Japan who common and more accepted than attempted suicide by walking into arising from his performance of who became a double agent for sentences. it is in the U.S. the ocean near Santa Monica Pier official duties to collaborate in the China and that the "traitor" had Court observers representing During the April 12 meeting, in­ murder of Liu, a critic of Tai­ to be killed. Wang admitted men­ Liu's family complained that the on January 29, taking her two chil­ itiated by Yoshiko Yamaguchi, a wan's government, who was shot tioning that Liu needed to be possibility of higher-level govern­ dren with her. social worker at the San Fernando to death at his Daly City, Calif. , "taught a lesson" and giving Liu's ment involvement was not exam­ Kimura was pulled unconscious Japanese Community Center, ~ome on October 15, 1984. photo and address to Chen, but he ined at any of the trials. Liu's wid­ from the water by two bystanders, people from all walks of life ex­ Liu, who wrote for the Chinese­ denied actually giving orders to ow Helen who strongly suspects but her 4-year-old son Kazutaka pressed their support for Kimura. language San Francisco Journal, kill Liu. th~t her husband's murder was ~d 6-rronth-old daughter. Yuri Some participants were affiliated had written a biography critical Chen and Wu were sentenced sanctioned by officials higher than dled. She has pleaded not guilty to with Christian and Buddhist of Taiwan President Chiang April 9 to life imprisonment. A Wang, said, CI A lot of questions ' two cOWlts each of murder and churches or with Onnatachi no Wa, a Japanese women's organi­ Ching-kuo. third gang member said to have still need to be answered. " CommentaIy on page 8. Wang and two of his deputies taken part in the killing, Tung At his trial, Wang said that his zation; others were individuals superiors had no knowledge of a felony child endangering but could who sympathized with Kimura. plot to kill Liu. Government offi­ face the death penalty if the pros­ The main theme of the discus­ cials have maintained that Wang ecution's allegation of special cir­ sion was to help Kimura get a fair Congress requests extradition ofkillers ordered Liu killed for unspecified cumstance of multiple murder is trial and to prevent future parent­ personal reasons. accepted. child suicides in the Japanese WASHINGTON-A request that signal that we will not stand for corrummity. At the end of the Taiwan send anyone implicated in any stonewalling in this case, and meeting, participants agreed to the murder of Chinese American that we want those responsible for News in B r.-ef---- form a group to support Kimw-a, journalist Henry Liu to the U.S. the killing to be brought to justice. including three committees- for trial was passed in the House The murder of Henry Liu was an fundraising, translation for peti- of Representatives by a 393-2 vote act of terrorism and it is repre­ Woman jailed for 9 hours, gets $25,000 tions,andagenda. April 17. The Taiwan government hensible that more has not been Gerald Klausner, Kimura's at­ CHICAGO - A federal jury awarded $25,lXX> to a women who was torney, explained the court pro­ rejected the non-binding resolu- done." jailed after being arrested for feeding pigeons and walking un- tion, as it has done with other such Th fi . l' ted ' th leashed dogs in a small park, reported the Pasadena (Call£) Star- ceedings. He said that Kimura re- requests. e ve men unP. lca ~ e sented being rescued and was sur­ . Rep. Robert Matsui (D-Calif.) . murder have ~trl.ed, conVIcted News. Anita Kirchoff, who' was locked in a jail cell for less than 9 prised when she learned that she said that the overwhelming mar- and ~ntenced m TaIwan, but the hours, said in U.S. District Court that, "It's not the amount of the had beEn charged with murder. o~ m~er award but the principle that counts" gin of support in the House " left questIon whether the Kirchoff was awarded $5,lXX> more than each former internee Although she felt that the whole no question that Congress is un- was sanctioned by the TaIwan world was against her, Klausner happy with the lack of progress" government ~ not. been . ~­ would receive for an average of 3 years spent in concentration added, she found the will to live in efforts to extradite two gang swered to ~e satISfactIon ofLlU s camps if JACL-supported redress legislation were enacted when she knew some people cared members who confessed to killing supporters m the U.S. about her. He urged participants Liu and military intelligence offi- The resolution also called for the S.F. may name street after Chinese activist to write letters of encouragement cials who allegedly ordered the conclusion of an extradition agree­ SAN FRANCISCO - The public works committee voted unani­ to Kimura. killing to punish Liu for his writ- ment between the U.S. and Tai­ mously April 12 to change Brenham Place to Walter U. Lurn Place. Concerned individuals can write ings, which were critical of Tai- wan, which have not had such a No street in the city is currently named for a Chinese American to Kimura cl o Gerald Klausner, wan's government.