Death And Funeral Of Lee Teng-hui
Lee Teng-hui, former president of the Republic of China, died of septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction at Taipei Veterans General Hospital on 30 July 2020. President Tsai Ing-wen instructed a memorial to be set up at the Taipei Guest House from 1 to 16 August and the Flag of the Republic of China, national flag to be flown at half-mast for three days starting 31 July. Lee was cremated on 14 August after a private funeral service and his ashes were interred at the Special Honour Zone of the Wu Chih-shan Military Cemetery on 7 October. He was commemorated at a public memorial service on 19 September. Illness and death On 8 February 2020, Lee was hospitalised at Taipei Veterans General Hospital after choking while drinking milk and retained in the hospital under observation due to lung infection concerns. Later, he was diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia caused by pulmonary infiltrate, pulmonary infiltration, and was subsequently intubated. President Tsai Ing-wen, Vice-presid ...
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