"Angry Bird Prosecutor"? Everyone's a Fool! Press Conference on "Arrogant and Overbearing Prosecutors"
Last edited: 2026-08-25
"Shocking Remarks" by the "Angry Bird Prosecutor"
- Didn't receive the notice? Carry your mailbox on your back!
- I just feel you're a bad person!
- I really want to lock you up!
- I'm going to fight it out with you!
- Let's have a courtroom duel!
Tablets and smartphones have greatly transformed how we interact with the world. You may have played Angry Birds, enjoying the thrill of hitting the pigs and destroying your opponents. But what if the angry bird is not a bird, but an arrogant prosecutor abusing power, and the pig is not an animated cartoon, but a living human being? A game where people are treated like fools is no fun at all.
Due to the principle of "non-publicity of investigation," cases of prosecutors abusing their power or acting carelessly are frequently heard of. However, once citizens enter the "unfathomable" inquisitorial courtroom, they are seemingly like "sheep entering a tiger's den." Whether they are defendants or even victims, they can only be manipulated and pushed around at the whim of the prosecutor.
This case is merely a very ordinary traffic accident involving a collision. The hearing publicized today took place in March 2011, handled by Prosecutor Lin Kuan-yu of the Taipei District Prosecutors Office under "100-Nian-Zhen-Zi No. 5511."
The defendant was accused of grazing the victim's motorcycle while driving, causing the victim to fall and injure their arm. Because the defendant did not feel any collision at the time and later failed to reach a settlement with the victim, the case ultimately ended up in the hands of the prosecutor. Inside the closed doors of the courtroom, under the protective umbrella of "non-publicity of investigation," the prosecutor "flexed his official might," casually berating the victim and letting loose a barrage of rhetoric against the defendant: right at the beginning, because the defendant failed to receive the notice and missed a court appearance once, the prosecutor scolded him to "carry your mailbox on your back"; the prosecutor also intimidated the defendant, saying "I just feel you're a bad person," "I really want to lock you up," "I'm going to fight it out with you," "Let's have a courtroom duel," and so on. The sheer absurdity of it is breathtaking, leaving one to wonder how many such prosecutors are hiding in unmonitored corners harming the people?
Our Foundation is making this outrageous individual case public, playing the courtroom recording as evidence, and bringing the prosecutor's arrogant and overbearing courtroom behavior out into the sunshine for public scrutiny. At the same time, we call upon the Ministry of Justice and the Taipei District Prosecutors Office to uphold the determination that one must first correct oneself before correcting others, seriously address this case, and propose general solutions to the problem of prosecutors' poor courtroom demeanor.
Press Contact
Director of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Attorney Lin Feng-cheng 02-25231178
Explanation by the Ministry of Justice Regarding the Judicial Reform Foundation's Pointing Out the Poor Courtroom Demeanor of Prosecutor Lin
Ministry of Justice Press Release
Issue Date: April 17, 2012
Issuing Unit: Department of Prosecutorial Affairs, Ministry of Justice
Contact Person: Tsai Wei-yi
Contact Number: 23884894 No.: 00-029
The Ministry of Justice provides the following explanation regarding the Judicial Reform Foundation pointing out today (the 17th) that a certain prosecutor exhibited poor courtroom demeanor.
1. Regarding the Judicial Reform Foundation's observation that Prosecutor Lin of the Taiwan Taipei District Prosecutors Office (hereinafter referred to as the Taipei District Prosecutors Office) exhibited poor questioning demeanor during court sessions in March 2011, upon preliminary understanding, the prosecutor's courtroom demeanor and choice of words were indeed improper. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office convened a performance evaluation committee today and recommended a disciplinary sanction of a reprimand (1 time) against the prosecutor.
2. Since May 2011, the Ministry has repeatedly issued official letters urging all prosecutorial agencies to strengthen the supervision of the questioning demeanor of prosecutors and prosecutors' assistants in court, emphasizing that questioning must be conducted peacefully and earnestly, without the use of violence, threats, enticement, or other improper methods, and has adopted the following supervisory measures:
- Establish the "Chief Prosecutor's Mailbox" in all prosecutorial agencies and the "Department of Prosecutorial Affairs Mailbox" at the Ministry for the public to express opinions via email or letters, and agencies must reply to complainants regarding the status of case handling.
- All district prosecutors offices (hereinafter referred to as district prosecutors offices) shall proactively provide courtroom demeanor questionnaires to defendants, informants, victims, witnesses, agent ad litem, defense counsels, etc., after court sessions. When the public reflects that prosecutors or prosecutors' assistants have poor courtroom demeanor, designated personnel shall be assigned to sample and listen to/view the audio (video) recordings when necessary, or interview colleagues who participated in the court session. Monthly statistical analyses of courtroom demeanor shall be conducted, and how chief prosecutors handle and improve cases of poor courtroom demeanor shall be reported to the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office and the Fuchien High Court Kinmen Branch Prosecutors Office for compilation and submission to the Ministry.
- The Taiwan High Prosecutors Office and its subordinate high court branch prosecutors offices shall quarterly and rigorously spot-check the courtroom demeanor of prosecutors and prosecutors' assistants within their jurisdictions, and compile the spot-check results for submission to the Ministry.
- If the investigation results of any district prosecutors office confirm that a prosecutor or prosecutor's assistant indeed exhibited poor courtroom demeanor, disciplinary action shall be taken or they shall be referred for evaluation in accordance with regulations, depending on the circumstances and number of cases.
3. The Ministry attaches great importance to the courtroom demeanor of prosecutors and prosecutors' assistants and has established the aforementioned supervisory measures. Cases of poor courtroom demeanor by prosecutors and prosecutors' assistants reflected by various sectors will be thoroughly investigated. For the aforementioned case, the Ministry will officially request the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office to promptly review the audio-visual discs of the investigation to gain an understanding, report to the Ministry within 5 days, and deliberate on disciplinary measures depending on the circumstances of the prosecutor's poor courtroom demeanor.
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