00:04This reenactment in front of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall recalls the plight of Pan Inshue
00:09during the long period of martial law in Taiwan and the bloody crackdown on dissent now called
00:15the White Terror. She was imprisoned and her father was executed by a government led by the
00:20men honored by this memorial. Today, Pan's surviving brother says her experiences left
00:26deep scars.
01:15May 19th marks 77 years since martial law was declared in Taiwan.
01:21In the end, it will last 38 years, a period of repression that led to the deaths, imprisonment
01:27and persecution of tens of thousands of people by the nationalist Kuomintang government under
01:33Chiang Kai-shek, who died in 1975. Today, victims of the White Terror and their families have come
01:39to pay their respects and tell their stories.
01:46Nearby in New Taipei is National Human Rights Museum, a former prison where political descendants were held.
01:53Here, a minute of silence is observed, and the names of victims of political violence read out.
02:04Voyu Doska's father was the first indigenous Zhou doctor trained in Western medicine. He was framed for corruption. He was
02:12sentenced to 17 years and spent four years behind bars.
02:25Voyu Doska's father was sentenced to 18 years to 20 years. He was sentenced to 17 years. He was sentenced
02:30to 18 years to 20 years. He was sentenced to 18 years. He didn't know who is the victim of
02:34the president. He died in a lot of jails. He died in a lot of jails. He went to 18
02:36's.
02:52The Kuomintang government finally lifted martial law in 1987,
02:57and Taiwan would become a democracy in the years that followed.
03:01Still, nearly 39 years on, the period continues to weigh on politics to this day.
03:06This year, Taiwan's culture minister urged the country to move beyond political division
03:11in its pursuit of justice.
03:32The culture minister has personal ties to the violence.
03:36His uncle was among those who were executed during that time.
03:54The minister and groups here would like to see Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall,
03:58a place linked to Taiwan's authoritarian past,
04:02turned into a venue for education on human rights.
04:04They hope its walls will carry these memories forward into a freer future,
04:10one where the scars of history, now 77 years old, can finally heal.
04:15Luffy Lee in Nairinglin, in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
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