Seventy-eight years ago today, on March 26, 1947 (leap February 4, 1947 in the lunar calendar), Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zhou Fohai's death penalty to be pardoned. On March 26, 1947, Chiang Kai-shek, in the name of the Chairman of the National Government, ordered Zhou Fohai's death sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment. Zhou Fohai was appointed commander-in-chief of Shanghai Advance Column by Chiang Kai-shek when Japan surrendered. Chiang Kai-shek did not want to punish Zhou Fohai, but after the promulgation of the Regulations on Punishing Traitors, the whole country unanimously demanded that Zhou Fohai, a great traitor, be punished. For the anger of the common people, Jiang had to order the arrest of Zhou Fohai, and the judicial organ sentenced him to death. Chiang Kai-shek read that he had maintained public security in Shanghai and Hangzhou on behalf of the national army first, and issued an amnesty order: "Cha Zhou Fohai was sentenced to death and deprived of public rights for life for committing the crime of Article 2, Paragraph 1, Paragraph 1 of the Regulations on Punishing Traitors. According to the criminal's report, he maintained the public security deeds in Beijing-Shanghai and Hangzhou before and after the enemy surrendered, and asked for amnesty. Whether the original death sentence of the criminal can be commuted to life imprisonment, and the reason is waiting for verification, etc. In accordance with the provisions of Article 68 of the Covenant, the death sentence originally imposed by Brigadier Zhou Fohai is hereby commuted to life imprisonment. This order. Chairman Jiang Zhongzheng. "