Should the Taipei District Prosecutors Office Be Abolished Instead? ~ Indict Ch'en Chao-min! Seek Compensation for Wrongful Execution!

Calls to abolish the Control Yuan have been mounting recently. However, yesterday (July 10), Control Yuan members including Ma I-kung released an investigation report revealing that eight tofu-sized slips of paper were found within the original Ministry of National Defense case files. These prove that Ch'en Chao-min directly interfered with the trial. Coupled with interviews of the presiding judge at the time, Lü Te-i, it is further proven that the entire trial was directed by Ch'en Chao-min. Ch'en Chao-min cannot escape responsibility for the wrongful death of Chiang Kuo-ch'ing.

In contrast, looking at the Taipei District Prosecutors Office (Taipei DPP), ever since the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office set aside and remanded the second decision not to prosecute in mid-December 2012, a year and seven months have passed with absolute silence. Can prosecutors, who supposedly possess greater investigative powers, really fall short of the Control Yuan, which only holds administrative investigative powers? Should the Taipei DPP be abolished instead? Nonetheless, we still believe that if Control Yuan members can achieve such results, there is no reason the Taipei DPP cannot!

Just as the Control Yuan members exposed the fact that Ch'en Chao-min directly interfered with the trial, it was also proven that Ch'en Chao-min's criminal acts spanned the entire duration. In other words, he participated in every stage of the entire process leading to Chiang Kuo-ch'ing's death. Prosecutors can no longer use the so-called "interruption of causality" to exculpate him; the evidence of Ch'en Chao-min's crimes is clear.

Although Chiang Kuo-ch'ing has been cleared of wrongdoing, his name has yet to be fully vindicated. We demand that the state have the courage to face its mistakes and pursue both criminal and civil liability against unlawful and negligent military officers such as Ch'en Chao-min. "Indict Ch'en Chao-min and others! Seek compensation for wrongful execution! State accountability! We care!" Consequently, the pro bono legal team worked through the night to draft legal briefs, hoping that prosecutors will immediately retrieve the relevant case files, expedite the investigation, and step up the indictment.

附件

Control Yuan Investigation Report

流程

14:00~14:05 Attorney Yu explains the content of the petition @ Entrance of the Taipei DPP
14:05~14:10 Mother Chiang prays for prosecutors to investigate fully and swiftly @ Entrance of the Taipei DPP
14:10~14:15 Uncle Hu shares the Ministry of National Defense's extreme non-cooperation with the judiciary in the Hung Chung-chiu case @ Entrance of the Taipei DPP
14:15~14:20 All enter the Taipei DPP to file the petition, requesting prosecutors to retrieve the case files and evidence

出席

Mother Chiang / Ms. Wang Tsai-lien
Uncle of Hung Chung-chiu / Mr. Hu Shih-ho
Attorney Yu Po-hsiang / Pro Bono Defense Counsel for the Chiang Kuo-ch'ing Case
Attorney Kao Jung-chih / Executive Director, Judicial Reform Foundation

新聞連絡人

Executive Director of JRF / Attorney Kao Jung-chih (02)2523-1178