CHANGCHUN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Northeast China's Jilin Province will start to renovate the "supreme court" of "Manchukuo," a puppet regime during the Japanese occupation of the region, said the province's cultural heritage bureau.
Located in Changchun, capital of Jilin, the six-story building was erected in 1936 to house the regime's supreme court and the supreme prosecutor's office. The building covers an area of over 100,000 square meters.
"Manchukuo" was a puppet state established by Japanese invaders to control northeast China from 1932 until 1945. The Japanese occupiers made Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the puppet emperor of "Manchukuo."
The supreme court building, complete with torture rooms and an underground prison, used to be the main instrument to tyrannize Chinese patriots.
Jilin has been pushing forward the protection and restoration of the historical sites of "Manchukuo" to mark that period of history.
The Museum of the Imperial Palace of "Manchukuo" has spent 240 million yuan (around 35 million U.S. dollars) over the past six years renovating the core areas of the palace, including the private living quarters of Puyi and the imperial garden.
The "imperial palace" is expected to be completely restored to its original state by the end of 2022.
