Announcement of the Foundation's Handling of the Unsuitability Complaint Against Judge Chung Hua

Regarding the complaint regarding Judge Chung Hua's unsuitability, the Taipei District Court replied to the Foundation in an official letter on August 6, 2009. Although it acknowledged conditions such as delayed cases, delayed court sessions, and a judicial demeanor that was overly hasty, blunt, and stern during certain sessions, the court's self-discipline committee resolved only to "recommend the administrative supervisory official (i.e., the President of the Taipei District Court) to issue an order pursuant to Article 112, Subparagraph 1 of the Court Organization Act urging attention."

After consulting the opinions of the original complaining organizations, all agreed that the Taipei District Court's disposition of Judge Chung Hua was overly lenient and failed to meet societal expectations. Consequently, on September 2, they jointly visited Control Yuan President Wang Chien-hsien to file a formal complaint in person. The Control Yuan officially replied on September 29 that commissioners have been dispatched to investigate the matter.

Once the investigation results from the Control Yuan are released, the Foundation will make a further public announcement.

Appendix

1. Full text of the official letter on the resolution of Judge Chung Hua's self-discipline case, August 6, 2009
2. Full text of the Control Yuan's official reply letter stating commissioners have been dispatched to handle the Chung Hua case, September 29, 2009