The National Human Rights Museum in Taiwan has released a new video project documenting the government's surveillance of indigenous communities during the White Terror period. The video project examines the government’s mountain security posts set up specifically to control the activities of indigenous communities. The security posts were set up in the 1950s and were mostly abolished by 1960.
The videos visit the locations and make use of declassified archives and oral histories from victim’s families to illuminate this period of authoritarian control. The new material focuses on the security posts in Fenqihu Township, Chiayi County and Daxi District, Taoyuan City.
Museum director Hong Shifeng (洪世芳) said that the Museum looks forward to releasing additional materials from the security posts in Wulai District, New Taipei City and Taichung City. He thanked the victims and their families for sharing their stories, which were essential in finding specific locations and records. He said projects such as this which illuminate the White Terror period are part of the transitional justice process necessary for societies to heal.