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Jan 30, 1950 Taipei Died on 03 Jul 1981 (aged 31)
Taiwanese mathematician
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About Chen Wen Chen
- Chen Wen-chen (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Chén Wénchéng, sometimes romanized as Chen Wen-cheng) was an assistant professor of mathematics (specializing in probability and statistics) at Carnegie Mellon University who died on 3 July 1981(1981-07-03) (aged 31) under mysterious circumstances.
- After the conclusion of his third year of teaching, he returned to his native Taiwan for a vacation.
- He was instructed not to leave Taiwan on his scheduled departure date.
- Members of Taiwan's secret police, the Garrison Command, detained and interrogated him for twelve hours on 2 July 1981, and his body was found on the campus of National Taiwan University the next day.
- The subsequent autopsy reported his death was due to a fall.
- Chen's death and the earlier massacre of Lin Yi-hsiung's family are cited as late examples of White Terror dissident suppression activities in Taiwan, although the case remains unsolved and the Garrison Command maintains it had nothing to do with his death.
