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This marks the 9th presidential pardon in Taiwan&#039;s history. Former President Tsai Ing-wen also used her pardon power twice: once for Wang Kuang-lu, a Bunun indigenous man who hunted protected wild animals, and again for Han Yu-ping, the former chief of staff of the Hualien-Taitung Defense Command, who was severely punished for embezzling NT$2,800 in food allowance. In fact, such pardons are &quot;exemption from punishment but not from crime.&quot; There is another type of amnesty, which completely expels the crime, but no president has ever exercised this power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Attorney Li Yusheng of Fidelity Law Firm stated that both presidential amnesty and pardon are pardons granted by the Constitution, with the main difference being the applicable subjects and legal effects. An amnesty is for specific crimes committed nationwide, thus extinguishing both the &quot;crime&quot; and the &quot;punishment,&quot; and requires the approval of the Legislative Yuan; a pardon, on the other hand, is for specific convicted individuals who are exempt from the execution of their &quot;punishment,&quot; and the crime is usually not extinguished, giving the president greater autonomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>\n\/* \u5bb9\u5668\u8a2d\u5b9a\uff1aRWD \u97ff\u61c9\u5f0f\u6392\u7248 *\/\n.fd-cta-container {\n    display: flex;\n    justify-content: center; \/* \u5c45\u4e2d\u5c0d\u9f4a *\/\n    gap: 20px; \/* \u6309\u9215\u4e4b\u9593\u7684\u9593\u8ddd *\/\n    flex-wrap: wrap; \/* \u624b\u6a5f\u7248\u81ea\u52d5\u63db\u884c *\/\n    margin: 30px 0; \/* \u4e0a\u4e0b\u7559\u767d *\/\n    font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, \"Segoe UI\", Roboto, \"Helvetica Neue\", Arial, sans-serif;\n}\n\n\/* \u6309\u9215\u5171\u7528\u57fa\u5e95\u6a23\u5f0f *\/\n.fd-btn {\n    display: inline-flex;\n    align-items: center;\n    justify-content: center;\n    padding: 12px 32px;\n    font-size: 16px;\n    font-weight: 600;\n    text-decoration: none !important; \/* \u79fb\u9664\u5e95\u7dda *\/\n    border-radius: 50px; \/* \u5713\u89d2\u81a0\u56ca\u9020\u578b *\/\n    transition: all 0.3s ease; \/* \u5e73\u6ed1\u904e\u6e21\u6548\u679c *\/\n    letter-spacing: 1px; \/* \u5b57\u8ddd\u5fae\u8abf *\/\n    box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); \/* \u7cbe\u7dfb\u9670\u5f71 *\/\n    line-height: 1.2;\n    cursor: pointer;\n    position: relative;\n    top: 0;\n}\n\n\/* \u6309\u9215\u61f8\u6d6e (Hover) \u5171\u540c\u6548\u679c *\/\n.fd-btn:hover {\n    transform: translateY(-3px); \/* \u5411\u4e0a\u6d6e\u8d77 *\/\n    box-shadow: 0 8px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); \/* \u52a0\u6df1\u9670\u5f71 *\/\n}\n\n\/* 1. \u96fb\u8a71\u6309\u9215\u98a8\u683c (\u6df1\u85cd\u8272\u5be6\u5fc3 - \u53f3\u5074) *\/\n.fd-btn-phone {\n    background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0f2b5c 0%, #1e3a8a 100%); \/* \u6df1\u85cd\u6f38\u5c64 *\/\n    color: #ffffff !important;\n    border: 2px solid transparent; \/* \u9810\u7559\u908a\u6846\u7a7a\u9593 *\/\n}\n\n.fd-btn-phone:hover {\n    background: linear-gradient(135deg, #163673 0%, #26469e 100%);\n    color: #ffffff !important;\n}\n\n\/* 2. 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