Chiang Mai: Chen Wan-chen, a former legislator and advocate for Taiwan independence, passed away due to cancer at a hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand. She was 75 years old.

According to Focus Taiwan, the Taiwan Transitional Justice Association, which Chen founded in 2016, expressed sorrow over her passing and described her as a "founding member of the association." Lu Chien-hsing, a board member known by the pseudonym Lu Yu, noted that Chen had been undergoing cancer treatment for some time.

Chen's friend, Lee Kuan-ling, shared that Chen appeared strong and maintained a positive demeanor in public, making it difficult for others to discern her illness. Writer Hsieh Chien-ping commemorated Chen in a Facebook post, praising her as "the bravest female warrior in Taiwan's founding" and hoping she would "forever protect this beautiful country."

In the 1970s, Chen worked as a journalist covering the Taiwan Provincial Council, sparking her interest in Taiwan's democratic movement. Her political activities led to her being blacklisted and barred from returning to Taiwan by the then-ruling Kuomintang (KMT) in 1979. She managed to return to Taiwan in 1989 for Nylon Cheng's funeral.

Chen was elected as a legislator for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in 1992, representing then-Taipei County. However, she was expelled from the party in 1997 after accusations of slandering party members. In 1998, she ran for legislator under the "New National Alliance" but was not elected. Subsequently, she redirected her focus towards cultural and historical work while continuing her social activism efforts.