North Secret Service Bureau (Old Site) Introduction
The original site was the "Takashō Ironworks" (Takasō Casting Co., Ltd.) invested by the Koo family of Lugang during the Japanese colonial period in 1917. Later, the factory operations were overseen by Ku Yan-bi-hsia, the wife of Ku Yuen-fu. After the war, the Kuomintang government took over, and the factory was forcibly closed due to Ku Yan-bi-hsia's involvement in illegal activities. It was subsequently used by the Ministry of National Defense's Confidential Bureau as a key site for the interrogation of political prisoners during the early stage of the White Terror in the 1950s.
