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02Jul.
2003

What Issues Were Blazed Out by "Taiwan Tornado"?

Judicial Reform Foundation, Taiwan Media Watch Foundation

The Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) and the Taiwan Media Watch Foundation (MWF) jointly held a press conference today…

19Jun.
2003

A Moderate Reformer—In Memoriam: Professor Fa Chih-pin

Lo Ping-cheng / Director of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Chairperson of the Hsinchu Bar Association, Attorney- Attorney-Attorney-Attorney-Attorney-Attorney-at-Law

Upon suddenly hearing the news of Professor Fa Chih-pin's passing due to an acute myocardial infarction, feelings of…

18Jun.
2003

Mourning the Passing of Former Director Weng Ching-hui

Huang San-jung / Standing Executive Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation, Attorney-Attorney-at-Law

Upon learning from the newspaper that Mr. Weng Ching-hui, former director of the Criminal Investigation Bureau's…

12Jun.
2003

Zero-Growth Crime Rate—The Emperor's New Clothes

Ma Tsai-ch'in / Spokesperson of Taiwan Association for Police Reform, Working Committee Member of Taiwan Association for Judicial Reform, Attorney-at-Law

Three months ago, Minister Yu made a bold pledge requiring the crime rate to show zero growth over the next three…

12Jun.
2003

Zero Crime Rate Growth—The Emperor's New Clothes

Ma Tsai-ch'in / Spokesperson for the Taiwan Association for Police Reform, Working Committee Member of the Judicial Reform Foundation, and Attorney-Attorney-at-Law

Three months ago, Minister Yü made a bold pledge demanding zero crime rate growth over the next three months, risking…

05Jun.
2003

Please Do Not Let the Legislative Yuan Become a Stumbling Block to Judicial Reform! Civil Society Groups Call on the Legislative Yuan to Swiftly Pass the Amendments to the Judicial Yuan Organization Act

Taiwan Judges Association, Association for Prosecutor Reform, Taiwan Bar Association, Taipei Bar Association, Civil Alliance for Grand Justices Monitoring, Judicial Reform Foundation

For decades under our current judicial system, litigation cases have dragged on endlessly and the quality of…

04Jun.
2003

The Minister and Don Quixote

Yu Po-hsiang / Executive Committee Member and Attorney, Judicial Reform Foundation

According to a Liberty Times report on May 29, 2003, Minister of the Interior Yu Cheng-hsien visited the Hsinchu City…

29May.
2003

Opposition to the Legislative Yuan Postponing the Exercise of the Consent Power for Grand Justices to the Next Session

Alliance for Civilian Supervision of Judicial Yuan Grand Justices Nominees

Regarding external reports that the Kuomintang and People First Party caucuses are unwilling to complete the review of…

19May.
2003

Civil Society Alliance for Monitoring Nominees for Grand Justices (Including the President and Vice President) of the Judicial Yuan

Yesterday (the 19th), the Office of the President officially announced the list of nominees for the upcoming term of…