Kao Chun-ming

Kao Chun-ming was a Taiwanese Presbyterian pastor and a leading advocate of democracy and self-determination. As general secretary of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan, he helped advance the church’s calls for human rights and political reform during martial law. He was imprisoned in 1980 after aiding dissident Shih Ming-teh following the Kaohsiung Incident, and later served as an adviser to President Chen Shui-bian.