A group of Taiwanese citizens who hold bonds issued by the Japanese colonial government petitioned the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Wednesday to help them seek repayment from the Japanese side in a case has been unresolved for more than 60 years. According to the bondholders, after Taiwan was handed over to the Kuomintang (KMT) government in 1945, the Japanese government notified Taiwan that between 1952 and 1967 it would accept redemption of bonds it had issued. However, the Taiwanese government did not seek repayment from Japan on behalf of the bondholders within that period, so that holders have never received any repayment, they said. In response to the petition, Deputy Minister of Finance Tseng Ming-Chung said his ministry will work with the bondholders to find a solution to the problem. However, opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lee Chun-yee, who helped the bondholders negotiate the matter with the MOF, was unsatisfied with ministry's failure to provide the bondholders with any substantive commitment and said the DPP will continue to promote the enactment of a law to require the government to reimburse the bondholders before seeking compensation from the Japanese side. Similar legislation has been introduced by the DPP in the past but has been blocked by KMT legislators. 