Martial Law-era files declassifiedBy Wang Hao 汪浩After more than a year of review, the National Security Bureau on Monday said it has completed a sweeping declassification of political archives from the Martial Law period, transferring the full collection to the National Archives Administration under the National Development Council. The move marks another significant step in Taiwan’s long journey toward transitional justice. For decades, public understanding of authoritarian-era surveillance and political trials has relied heavily on survivors’ testimonies and fragmentary historical records. Questions remain about earlier archival practices — particularly the bundling or merging of files — that might have resulted in missing material. Truth does not quietly sediment on its own.

Source: Taipei Times February 25, 2026 17:47 UTC