Taiwan's Ninth Presidential Pardon: "Exemption from Punishment but Not from Crime" Hopes to Reassure Octopus Woman | CTS News Reporters Luo Li-an and Hou Zheng-lun News Link: The Presidential Office issued a press release today (12th) that President Lai Ching-te approved the pardon of octogenarian Lin Liu-long-zi, exempting her from imprisonment, making it the ninth presidential pardon in Taiwan's history. Former President Tsai Ing-wen has also used the power of pardon twice, namely for Wang Guang-lu, a Bunun indigenous man who hunted protected wild animals, and Han Yu-ping, the former chief of staff of the Hualien-Taitung Defense Command, who was severely sentenced for embezzling NT$2,800 in food allowance. In fact, such pardons are "exemption from punishment but not from crime." There is also a type of amnesty, which completely expels the crime, but no president has exercised this power in the past. Lawyer Li Yu-sheng of Fidelity Law Firm said that both presidential amnesty and pardons are constitutionally granted...

A gambling den was discovered in a tin-roofed shack in the suburbs of Linkou! Police raided the shack, and "gamblers were so frightened they jumped over the wall, scattering their money everywhere." | FTV News reporter Wang Yujun. News Link: With the Lunar New Year approaching, if you want to earn red envelope money, you should follow legitimate channels, otherwise you may lose money and get arrested! Linkou police in New Taipei City received intelligence that a tin-roofed shack had suspicious traffic late at night, suspected of harboring a professional gambling den. After surveillance and evidence collection, they successfully raided the tai chi gambling den. The funniest part was that some gamblers were so frightened that they jumped over the wall to escape, and in their panic, their pockets were scattered along the way. The police officers chasing after them even helped pick up the money! Lawyer Li Yusheng of Fuda Law Firm stated that according to the Criminal Code, a criminal does not necessarily have to actually participate in the criminal act. If they are just acting as lookouts to avoid police detection, they may still be considered accomplices or even accessories to gambling crimes, and therefore may also be…

Chung Wen-chih, a stock market tycoon, was double-crossed by a deputy police chief in Nangang District, who allegedly assisted in collecting personal information and debts. (Reported by Gong Pin-rou, Mirror News) Link: The case of "Abalone Tycoon" Chung Wen-chih, who absconded after being released on bail, has an additional side to the case! Dissatisfied with being double-crossed after entrusting a friend with stock investments, he colluded with Huang Tzu-hsiang, a police officer at the Nangang Precinct, to collect personal information and collect debts. The Taipei District Prosecutors Office conducted a search and questioning yesterday (5th). After questioning, they determined that Huang Tzu-hsiang was a major suspect and warranted detention, and applied to the court for his detention and incommunicado confinement. Lawyer Hsu Wan-wei of Fidelity Law Firm stated that police officers using their positions to assist in obtaining and collecting citizens' personal information may be guilty of data breach, punishable by up to five years imprisonment and a fine of up to one million NT dollars. Regarding the police officer and the suspect going to a hotel, this violates public service discipline and will be subject to…

National Taiwan University (NTU) top student Lin Ruixiang was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a US court for operating a dark web platform to traffic drugs. He was arrested in the US in 2024 and has now been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a federal court. During the trial, he pleaded guilty in court and wrote a letter to the judge pleading for leniency, but the judge stated during sentencing that this was the most serious drug crime he had committed in his 27-year judicial career! Lin Ruixiang is also wanted by Taiwanese prosecutors, and his NT$60 million mansion in Tianmu, as well as money transferred to his family, have been seized. Even after serving his sentence in the US, he will still face prosecution in Taiwan. Attorney Li Yusheng of Fidelity Law Firm stated that Taiwanese man Lin Ruixiang was convicted of drug distribution by a federal court in New York…