Restoring Lo Ming-Tsun's Innocence | Volunteer Recruitment for the Lo Ming-Tsun Case

In 1997, Lo Ming-Tsun, then head of the Criminal Investigation Division of the former Taipei County Police Department's Xinzhuang Precinct, was accused of accepting a NT$500,000 bribe to shield the actual shooter in the "New Shulin Shooting Case" and make a juvenile take the blame. After Lo's conviction became final in 2009, the JRF took up the case and has continued pursuing relief through retrial, extraordinary appeal, constitutional review, and related remedies.

In November 2021, shortly after the pro bono legal team submitted another petition asking the Prosecutor-General to file an extraordinary appeal, it received a response that the matter could not be pursued. On December 10, Human Rights Day, the Constitutional Court likewise declined to accept the team's petition for constitutional review.

The case has therefore returned, for the moment, to another difficult starting point. The legal team has already met again and will continue looking for every available path forward.

Exoneration requires litigation and public advocacy to proceed together. The team needs to reorganize and reexamine the case record and evidence, while public advocacy must continue so that more people understand Lo Ming-Tsun's case and the suffering caused by a wrongful conviction.

We invite everyone who cares about the Lo Ming-Tsun case to see how the ripples of a wrongful conviction spread far beyond the person convicted.

The next rescue and advocacy strategies need more people thinking and working together. We invite volunteers to join the team as we feel our way across the river, turning over every stone and refusing to give up any opportunity to restore Lo Ming-Tsun's innocence.

• Project WorkOrganize the case record; reassess disputed issues and evidence; cross-check audio recordings, transcripts, and other litigation materials; and help develop public-advocacy strategies and activities.
• Project PeriodApproximately six months to one year in 2022; detailed phases can be discussed.
• OpeningsNo fixed limit. Meetings will usually be held in person at the JRF Taipei Office, with some meetings available online.

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