LACK OF EMPATHY: A judge in a sexual assault case asked a migrant worker why she had not bitten the perpetrator’s genitals, showing the need for education, the groups said

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 14, 2018
By: Ann Maxon  /  Staff reporter

A coalition of civic groups yesterday criticized the government’s judicial reform as ineffective, saying that many changes proposed by the National Congress on Judicial Reform a year ago have barely been implemented.

Since the congress was convened on the orders of President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) in August last year, the government has begun working on a number of draft bills and amendments based on its suggestions, yet measures that do not require any new laws remain far from being implemented, Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) chairman Lin Yung-sung (林永頌) told a news conference in Taipei.

The inefficiency of the reform is due to opposition from within the judicial system, Lin said.

“Apparently, most people within the system are against reform and the heads of agencies have decided to side with the bureaucrats, rather than the people,” he said.    [FULL  STORY]