Some 58 years later, Liao ’ s son presented the bottle to Ma, who would become KMT party chairman just six months later. The younger Liao ’ s gift showed his forgiveness and symbolized the willingness of some of the families who suffered to again accept the KMT.
58 年後，廖進平的後人將這瓶威士忌轉贈給半年後即出任中國國民黨主席的馬英九，這象徵著原諒，也象徵部分受難者家屬對國民黨的再一次接納。