Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/03/29
By: Fan Cheng-hsiang and Chung Yu-chen
Taipei, March 29 (CNA) The Legislative Yuan on Friday passed an amendment to step up
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efforts to prevent child abuse, including by requiring day care centers to install surveillance cameras.
The new revisions to the Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act are expected to strengthen a dual approach to combating child abuse in Taiwan.
The act covers measures required to prevent or detect child abuse and punish lesser offenses, while the Criminal Code, which could soon be revised to sentence child abusers to up to 10 years in prison, prescribes penalties for more serious offenses.
The revisions passed Friday added many provisions that attempt to provide a safer environment for children and adolescents and prevent their abuse. [FULL STORY]
