The National Taiwan 228 Memorial Museum opened yesterday on the 64th anniversary of the tragic historical incident. Both President Ma Ying-jeou and Premier Wu Den-yih attended the opening ceremony to show the government's determination to compensate for past wrongs, though some of the victims' families said their psychological wounds are hard to heal despite the authorities' best efforts.

President Ma Ying-jeou closely looked at the historic artifacts of the 228 incident on the display.

The national memorial museum, which victims' families have fought for years, is finally opening 64 years after the tragic incident took place.

President Ma accompanied victim families to attend the opening ceremony.

During a speech, he stressed the importance of the establishment of the national museum.

The president intended to speak in Hoklo, emphasizing that the 228 incident was the single most important event in Taiwan's modern history and the government has done a lot of things including acknowledging the mistake, apologizing, making a law and redressing a miscarriage of justice.

However, family members of victims still can't get over the trauma.

Some of them even said that the KMT should use its own budget to pay for the operation of the national museum.

President Ma also responded the question personally.

Besides the official establishment of the national memorial museum, government agencies also lower the flag at half-mast on February 28th to mourn the victims in the incident.