Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-03-07
The justice minister, Chiu Tai-san, says his ministry wants to give victims of crime more
Justice Minister Chiu Tai-san appears in this CNA file photo.
protection through a change to the Code of Criminal Procedure.
Chiu was speaking Wednesday at an event organized by an association for victims of crime.
The minister said efforts to protect the rights of victims over the past twenty years have been outpaced by measures to protect the rights of defendants.
Chiu said that the issue of protecting crime victims was placed on the agenda for last year’s National Conference on Judicial Reform at the suggestion of President Tsai Ing-wen. He said the justice ministry’s proposed revision to the Code of Criminal Procedure will give a greater voice to crime victims. [SOURCE]
