MORE WORK TO DO: The database only includes information on cases taken to court and does not include details of other victims who were executed without trial
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 27, 2020
By: Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA
Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) presided over 3,195 military court cases during the White Terror era,
Transitional Justice Commission Chairwoman Yang Tsui uses a notebook computer to browse the Taiwan Transitional Justice Database at its official launch in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: CNA
The database has records and photographs of victims of political persecution during the White Terror era, as well as the names and ranks of perpetrators, in the hope of enlightening the public about how such trials were conducted, the commission said.
It allows analysis using certain subsets of data, such as ethnicity, gender, place of residence and charge, it said.
Then-chief of general staff Chou Chih-jou (周至柔) presided over 2,506 cases, while then-navy commander Kuei Yung-ching (桂永清) was in charge of 1,241 cases, the database shows.
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