Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure

Doctor mistakenly used counterfeit bills to buy gift box! Prosecutors ruled it "difficult to identify" and granted non-prosecution | TTV News reporters Li Tingxi and Zhang Xinzhi News link: A doctor collected medical bills from a patient and used the money to buy a gift box at a department store. The clerk discovered that one of the 100-yuan bills was counterfeit. The doctor was prosecuted on suspicion of counterfeiting currency. However, prosecutors argued that counterfeit bills are increasingly sophisticated and difficult to identify, making it possible for the doctor to have hastily collected the money and misused it. The doctor ultimately received a non-prosecution. Li Xin, an attorney at Fidelity Law Firm, stated that knowing that counterfeit bills are counterfeit and still using them for the purpose of defrauding others constitutes a criminal offense under the counterfeit currency law...

Huang Lü Jinru changes her plea to guilty at first hearing in Taipei District Court in ghost signature case | FTV News reporter Huang Guocheng News link: In the ghost signature case, five individuals, including Huang Lü Jinru, chairperson of the Kuomintang's Taipei City Party Committee, were detained and indicted on charges of forgery and violating the Personal Data Protection Act. The first hearing took place at the Taipei District Court today. Huang Lü Jinru, who had originally pleaded not guilty, immediately changed her plea to admit all charges after just ten minutes. Her lawyer also requested bail, citing her advanced age. However, prosecutors believe that Huang Lü Jinru's detention is still necessary, as co-defendant Lai Yiren, who will be summoned that afternoon, has denied any wrongdoing. Liu Yiling, an attorney at Fidelity Law Firm, stated...

Ye Linchuan is suspected of operating a gambling operation. Prosecutors have summoned 15 individuals for questioning on charges of corruption and other offenses. Prosecutors have divided their forces into 17 locations! Prosecutors searched Ye Linchuan's council office, suspecting he was behind illegal special business operations. Ye Linchuan has been named as a defendant. | Sanli News reporters Wang Yuzhen and Zhou Weizhi. News link: Fidelity Law Firm attorney Li Xin stated that last year's police investigation into collusion with gambling and pornography operators raised concerns about potential involvement of officers in shielding criminals and corruption. Ye Linchuan's assistant was also summoned. Today's search may be part of an expansion of the case. Prosecutors suspect Ye Linchuan himself of profiteering, hence the search. Today's 17-location operation by prosecutors may have...

Outrageous! A "fake doctor" infiltrated the National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, pleaded not guilty to no harm to patients, and was acquitted under the Personal Data Protection Act. | FTV News reporter Wu Wenyi News link: Outrageous! A woman, wearing a white coat and falsely claiming to be a resident physician at the University of Tokyo in Japan, infiltrated the National Taiwan University Children's Hospital on an exchange. During her time there, she performed ward rounds, conducted consultations, and other medical duties, even reviewing countless patient records and requesting blood draws. After being caught, the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office charged her under the Personal Data Protection Act and the Medical Practitioners Act. However, due to "this reason," the court ruled against her under the Personal Data Protection Act...

Domestic violence again! A Tucheng man beat his son in the street. The prosecutor quickly issued an arrest warrant and arrested him. Mirror News│Reporters Gong Pinrou and Lin Yongzhi News link: A domestic violence husband killed his wife and sister-in-law in the street in Tucheng, New Taipei City a few days ago. Unexpectedly, a similar case was reported again. A citizen took a video of a father riding a bicycle to take his child home. However, before his son got on the car, the father suddenly attacked him three times. Enthusiastic citizens quickly called the police to deal with it. Lawyer Liu Yiling of Fidelity Law Firm said that the protection orders issued by the court have different types and different contents. They are divided into ordinary protection orders, temporary protection orders and emergency protection orders.…

Jinghuacheng case: 3 audio files of meetings inspected. Ko Wen-je admitted that Orange "took away a suitcase worth tens of millions of yuan" | FTV News reporters Huang Enlin and Cai Chenghan News link: Taipei City reported that the Jinghuacheng scandal case has been heard intensively. Ko Wen-je, who is in custody, was again summoned this morning (10). However, the original plan was to summon former Taipei City Deputy Mayor Peng Zhensheng to testify today, but due to family changes, the hearing was postponed and changed to inspecting 3 audio files of meetings. This time, the prosecutors also mentioned that in order to promote litigation economy, they decided to abandon "Miao Tian" to testify, and also believed that Ko Wen-je did not dispute the part about Orange taking away the suitcase. Li Yusheng, a lawyer at Fidelity Law Firm, said that if...

National Taiwan Normal University "Blood Draw for Credits"... Taipei Prosecutors Office raided campus and "seized blood samples" | One TV News Reporter Pan Wenyu News link: National Taiwan Normal University women's football team broke out in the "blood draw for credits" controversy. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office determined that coach Zhou Taiying was suspected of coercion and embezzlement. On the 16th, they took the initiative to split the case for investigation and listed her as the defendant. Yesterday (17th) morning, they sent personnel into the school and seized existing blood samples. However, compared with the previous National Taiwan Normal University public meeting records, the relevant information was clearly claimed to have been destroyed in January. When asked, the school only said &#8…

Students complained about being guinea pigs and were scolded by audio files. Zhou Taiying said that they should have dropped out of school long ago. | CTS News reporters Cai Zhiyun and Li Hongjie News link: National Taiwan Normal University women's football team coach Zhou Taiying was accused of forcing students to cooperate with research and draw blood by deducting credits. The funds were recovered as the team's public fund. The incident has been raging for many days. The audio file of Zhou Taiying scolding students was also exposed, but there are still many doubts in the case, including that students have been having their blood drawn since 7 years ago, but the research project linked to it started in 2023. In addition, in the same type of sub-research, other units also denied that there was a "blood drawing project". In order to preserve evidence, the Northern District Prosecutors Office went to...

Without cases and with unstable income, it is difficult to survive. Lawyers' professional ethics are in danger. Dongsen News special report by reporters Fu Shihan and Fu Jiaxing News link: Internet celebrity Xianta lawyer Li Yizhen is suspected of leaking interrogation content to a fraud group. She was released on bail of 700,000 yuan and restricted from leaving the country. There are more and more lawyers like her. The legal community has revealed that lawyers' salaries are not as good as before, and they have to rely on themselves to manage their cases. It is no wonder that lawyers continue to fall and join fraud groups! Li Yusheng, a lawyer at Fidelity Law Firm, said that the duty of a lawyer is to provide legal assistance to clients who do not understand the legal procedures so that the clients can get a fair trial. But lawyers...

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The fraud group involved in leaking secrets was interviewed by the Xianta lawyer: Only temporarily accompanying the investigation. CTS News | Reporter Zhao Ruoping, Hou Zhenglun News link: Internet celebrity "Xianta lawyer" was involved in the columbarium fraud case. She was released on bail of 700,000 yuan after being suspected of leaking secrets. Yesterday (1) night, she issued a statement for the first time, saying that she was only commissioned by a friend's lawyer to accompany the investigation that day, and she rescinded the commission after the investigation. She admitted that there were indeed negligence in the process. Lawyers are being investigated for leaking secrets one after another. Other lawyers pointed out the "unspoken rules", saying that the fraud group will spend money to find a special lawyer. When there is a lawsuit, the lawyer has to find a colleague who can follow the instructions to cooperate. The lawyers are afraid that the leaking of interrogation content or collusion will be...

Internet celebrity "Xianta Lawyer" suspected of leaking secrets to fraud group, 700,000 bail, restricted from leaving the country｜CTV News│Reporter Sun Yuli News link: Lawyer involved in "leakage suspicion"! The popular Internet celebrity "Xianta Lawyer" Li Yizhen was found by the Northern Prosecutors Office that when defending members of the columbarium fraud group, he and two other lawyers were suspected of assisting the main suspect in selling stolen goods and even leaking the progress of the investigation by the procuratorate and police to other members who have not yet appeared in court. They are suspected of leaking secrets. After the prosecutor's re-interrogation, Li Yizhen was released on bail of 700,000 yuan and restricted from leaving the country and going to sea. The other two lawyers were released on bail of 500,000 and 100,000 respectively and are awaiting trial. Li Yusheng, a lawyer at Fidelity Law Firm, said that lawyers'...