On the sixth anniversary of the disaster, family members of victims of the 2018 train derailment in Yilan that killed 18 people and injured more than 200 say the government hasn't been clear about its investigation into the crash.
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00:00It's been six years since one of Taiwan's deadliest train accidents killed 18 and injured
00:05more than 200 people in Yilan on the country's east coast.
00:10Victims' families have gathered here to mark the anniversary and to call for more accountability
00:15from the Taiwan Railways Administration or TRA.
00:19We think Taiwan government lied to everyone and we need the TRA to say the truth to Taiwan
00:29people.
00:30The main dispute comes down to the exact time of the derailment.
00:34The group says that the official government report does not match the video from the train
00:38and calls into question the main cause of the derailment.
00:42The only person to be held legally liable for the train derailment is the train's driver,
00:46who was sentenced to more than four years for criminal negligence.
00:50But this group says the driver has been unfairly scapegoated and are trying to help him with
00:55his case.
00:56While the 2018 train accident was one of the country's biggest, there have been several
01:00more since then.
01:02And despite government efforts to improve train safety, these families say the government
01:06still isn't doing enough.
01:08Joseph Wu and Chris Gorin for Taiwan Plus.