 Since the movement to remove Chiang statues began, individual vigilantes have begun to vandalize the statues, typically coincident with the anniversary of the 228 Incident.President Chiang Kai-shek led the Republic of China and the Kuomintang (KMT) in the Mainland.After the end of World War II, during the subsequent resumption of the Chinese Civil War he lost Mainland China to the Chinese Communists.