FILE PHOTO: Staff wear face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease ( COVID-19) at the entrance of late Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui memorial service in Taipei, Taiwan, September 19, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan laid to rest on Wednesday former President Lee Teng-hui, dubbed "Mr. Democracy" for burying autocratic rule in favour of freewheeling pluralism and defying China's drive to absorb an island it regards as a wayward province.
President Tsai Ing-wen attended Lee's state funeral held at a military cemetery in the mountains outside of capital Taipei. Lee, who died in July aged 97, was president from 1988 to 2000.
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