Taiwan authorities "temporarily and officially" closed the
tombs, located in Taoyuan County, of former Kuomintang leader
Chiang Kai-shek and his son Chiang Ching-kuo, on Monday, according
to reports by Taiwan-based media.
Early this month, Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian said that
Taiwan's army would no longer send troops to guard the tombs of the
famous father and his son. On Sunday, military guards, who had
stood at attention there for the past 32 years, were withdrawn,
immediately following the closure of the tomb administration.
After the two men died, in 1975 and 1988, respectively, their
bodies were not given traditional burials. Instead, their coffins
were temporarily placed in two separate sites in Taoyuan.
(Xinhua News Agency December 25, 2007)