On Feb. 27, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) invited reporters and a group of people targeted for political repression after the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident to visit the so-called Ankang Guesthouse, a detention center from 1973 to 1987 which is listed as a historic site of injustice from the White Terror era.
Tsai at the event announced that a Ministry of Culture task force would transform the site into a human rights park. While the government’s conservation efforts are appreciated, there are issues it should first address:
The government should tighten security at the site. The once-secretive compound
Taipei, Feb. 27 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) reiterated the government's commitment to promoting human rights during a visit to a former detention center for political prisoners on Sunday, ahead of 228 Memorial Day, which commemorates the victims of the White Terror era in Taiwan.
The government is to remain committed to promoting human rights, President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said yesterday as she visited a former detention center for political prisoners ahead of 228 Peace Memorial Day, which commemorates the victims of the White Terror era in Taiwan.
Taiwan is continuing its democratic development and rejection of authoritarianism, Tsai said during the visit to Ankang Guesthouse, a euphemistic name given to the detention center for political prisoners in New Taipei City’s Sindian District (新店).
Operated by the Bureau of Investigation from 1974 to 1987, during the Martial Law era, the “guest house” was used to interrogate