Taipei Times
Date: May 01, 2019
By: Chen Yun and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Civil Human Rights Association yesterday said that it would launch a petition for a
Taiwan Children’s Rights Association director-general Wang Wei-chun participates in a public hearing at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday on the feasibility of imposing the death penalty or lifetime imprisonment for child abuse leading to death.Photo: Chen Yun, Taipei Times
referendum to deny parole to those who are serving a life sentence for abusing infants or children to death.
Association founder Ken Chang (張凱鈞) told a public hearing at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei that there is a lack of administrative and legislative action to counter the increasing number of child abuse cases, adding that known cases of might only be the tip of the iceberg.
The association proposed offering subsidies to whistle-blowers and increasing the number of volunteer workers.
Abusing children to death is considered manslaughter, Taiwan Children’s Rights director-general Wang Wei-chun (王薇君) said. [FULL STORY]
