JRF Statement on the Prosecutor Evaluation Commission's Resolution in the Lin Kuan-yu Case

Regarding today's (the 23rd) resolution by the Prosecutor Evaluation Commission on the individual prosecutor evaluation case of Prosecutor Lin Kuan-yu (101st-Year Chien-P'ing-Tzu Nos. 2 and 3, and 102nd-Year Chien-P'ing-Tzu Nos. 1, 2, and 3), our Foundation issues the following statement:

1. At that time, given the public's ardent expectations for the judge and prosecutor evaluation systems, the evaluation system was proactively implemented on January 6, 2012, half a year before the formal implementation of the Judges Act. The Ministry of Justice's press release stating that "this delay was because the Judges Act had not yet been implemented" is somewhat mistaken.
2. The Prosecutor Evaluation Commission's recommendation of a disciplinary sanction of "suspension from office for two years" for Prosecutor Lin Kuan-yu is clearly inconsistent with the types of disciplinary sanctions stipulated in Article 89, Paragraph 1 of the Judges Act, which mutatis mutandis applies Article 50 of the same Act.

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Attorney Kao Jung-chih, Office Director, Judicial Reform Foundation 02-25231178