The Good Fight Is Not Yet Over

Upon leaving the Prosecutor Evaluation Commission, my shoulders felt immensely light, yet my heart was exceedingly heavy!

Having spent twenty years in the practical media and academic fields, I firmly believe that "when speaking to great men, look down upon them and do not regard their imposing stature." Therefore, always keeping my distance from the "big shots," I do not know why two years ago I was "handpicked" to join the "First Prosecutor Evaluation Commission," entering a temporary ad hoc task force that was unpaid yet bogged down in endless paperwork.

My understanding was that we were to weed out the hidden black sheep within the judicial community, so I gladly accepted and became the only person among the eleven members of the first evaluation commission who knew nothing about the law. I am also grateful that my "ignorance of the law" allowed me, over these past two years, to act like a curious child—gazing directly, staring up and down at the king's body, until I finally could not help but scream out loud: "The king is not wearing any clothes!"

Over the past two years, owing to the convenience of my position, I was able to access operations of the Investigation Bureau that ordinary people never see, details of prosecutors' courtroom interrogations, and the Special Investigation Division's case-handling processes that the public may never fully figure out.

As I flipped through indictment after indictment, I felt truly saddened! Does writing judicial documents in a way that no one can understand signify legal literacy? When ordinary folks with meager knowledge receive an indictment, is it not tantamount to reading Braille?

Having watched interrogation disc after interrogation disc, I felt profound emotion! Which ordinary citizens could withstand such interrogation tactics by the "upright magistrates" without being frightened into confessing to a crime?

Seeing the Special Investigation Division piece together evidence, misappropriate attributions, and self-righteously handle cases, I could only sigh! The verification skills of these carefully selected "judicial elites" turned out to be even worse than those of paparazzi!

Upon seeing the Special Investigation Division's wiretap transcripts that "searched the heavens and scoured the earth," I must advise everyone: it is not just "judges who do not speak"; the entire citizenry should remain silent, because everything you say is listened to completely!

Seeing the wiretapping tactics jointly used by prosecutors and investigators to "combat crime," I truly believe that this method of gathering evidence is just like a coffin shop—it will eventually get you!

If you too had participated in the evaluation investigations and conversed with these "judicial elites," you would be astonished: how did such habitual liars ascend to high positions of authority?

If you understand the scope of power held by the Special Investigation Division, you would know that when it joins forces with politics, getting rid of any political opponent "Chang Sung-taek style" is such an effortless task!

My summary impression over the past two years is this: "If this black box of the judiciary, coupled with that rotten partner of politics, is left unchecked, Taiwan will return to the White Terror in the blink of an eye!"

Leaving the Prosecutor Evaluation Commission, I deeply feel: "The good fight has not yet been fought to the end, the course has not yet been finished!"

Bidding farewell to the Ministry of Justice with an immensely heavy heart, to friends who care about Taiwan: "See you on the streets!"