Taiwan Legislature Passes Third Reading to Expand Preventive Detention, Including Drunk Driving and Child Sexual Exploitation
Taiwan's Legislative Yuan today passed the third reading of an amendment to Article 101-1 of the Criminal Procedure Law, expanding the scope of preventive detention. The revised provisions now include offenses such as driving under the influence, child murder, sexual image offenses, child and youth sexual exploitation, and fraud. This legislative change aims to address increasing social harm and recidivism risks associated with these crimes, protecting potential victims and facilitating investigations.
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(Central News Agency reporter Wang Yang-Taipei 17th) The Legislative Yuan today passed the third reading of an amendment to Article 101-1 of the Criminal Procedure Law, expanding the scope of preventive detention to include offenses such as unsafe driving (drunk driving), child murder, sexual image offenses, as well as crimes under the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act and the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act.
The current Article 101-1 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that if a defendant, after being questioned by a judge, is found to have committed serious offenses such as forced sexual intercourse, murder, or assault under the Criminal Code, and there is sufficient evidence to believe there is a risk of repeated offenses, and detention is deemed necessary, the defendant may be detained. Both ruling and opposition parties proposed their own versions of amendments to the reasons for preventive detention.
The version proposed by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Pei-yu and others pointed out that in recent years, cases of reproduction, dissemination, and possession of child sexual exploitation images have continuously increased. To improve the worsening situation of child sexual exploitation, the amendment aims to protect the welfare of children and adolescents.
The Taiwan People's Party caucus version stated that in view of the increasingly severe problems of fraud, child sexual images, and organized crime in recent years, these crimes not only pose high social harm but also have a high rate of recidivism, making it necessary to include them as reasons for preventive detention.
The amendment proposed by Kuomintang Legislator Wu Tsung-hsien and others mentioned that in recent years, group-based fraud crimes have been prevalent, and problems such as infringement of sexual privacy, child sexual exploitation, and organized crime have become increasingly severe. To protect potential victims and ensure smooth investigations, it is necessary to include these in the scope of preventive detention.
During earlier committee discussions, the Judicial Yuan supported the legislators' amendments and integrated the proposed versions from legislators, putting forward suggested amendments, which were then passed after discussions on a motion to amend by the attending legislators. When processed in the Legislative Yuan meeting this morning, no objections were raised by the attending legislators, and the third reading was passed.
The third reading provisions add several new offenses to the reasons for preventive detention, including unsafe driving under the Criminal Code, child murder, abuse or obstruction of healthy development of minors, sexual image offenses, aggravated sexual image offenses, providing sexual images for viewing, producing false sexual images, and obstruction of freedom under Article 302-1.
In addition, the passed provisions also include crimes under Article 36, Paragraphs 1 to 5, and Article 38, Paragraphs 1, 3, and 4 of the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act, as well as crimes under Article 43 and Article 44 of the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act, and crimes under the first part of Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the Organized Crime Prevention Act, as reasons for preventive detention. (Editor: Wan Shu-chang) 1150417
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(Central News Agency reporter Wang Yang-Taipei 17th) The Legislative Yuan today passed the third reading of an amendment to Article 101-1 of the Criminal Procedure Law, expanding the scope of preventive detention to include offenses such as unsafe driving (drunk driving), child murder, sexual image offenses, as well as crimes under the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act and the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act.
The current Article 101-1 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that if a defendant, after being questioned by a judge, is found to have committed serious offenses such as forced sexual intercourse, murder, or assault under the Criminal Code, and there is sufficient evidence to believe there is a risk of repeated offenses, and detention is deemed necessary, the defendant may be detained. Both ruling and opposition parties proposed their own versions of amendments to the reasons for preventive detention.
The version proposed by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Pei-yu and others pointed out that in recent years, cases of reproduction, dissemination, and possession of child sexual exploitation images have continuously increased. To improve the worsening situation of child sexual exploitation, the amendment aims to protect the welfare of children and adolescents.
The Taiwan People's Party caucus version stated that in view of the increasingly severe problems of fraud, child sexual images, and organized crime in recent years, these crimes not only pose high social harm but also have a high rate of recidivism, making it necessary to include them as reasons for preventive detention.
The amendment proposed by Kuomintang Legislator Wu Tsung-hsien and others mentioned that in recent years, group-based fraud crimes have been prevalent, and problems such as infringement of sexual privacy, child sexual exploitation, and organized crime have become increasingly severe. To protect potential victims and ensure smooth investigations, it is necessary to include these in the scope of preventive detention.
During earlier committee discussions, the Judicial Yuan supported the legislators' amendments and integrated the proposed versions from legislators, putting forward suggested amendments, which were then passed after discussions on a motion to amend by the attending legislators. When processed in the Legislative Yuan meeting this morning, no objections were raised by the attending legislators, and the third reading was passed.
The third reading provisions add several new offenses to the reasons for preventive detention, including unsafe driving under the Criminal Code, child murder, abuse or obstruction of healthy development of minors, sexual image offenses, aggravated sexual image offenses, providing sexual images for viewing, producing false sexual images, and obstruction of freedom under Article 302-1.
In addition, the passed provisions also include crimes under Article 36, Paragraphs 1 to 5, and Article 38, Paragraphs 1, 3, and 4 of the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act, as well as crimes under Article 43 and Article 44 of the Fraud Crime Hazard Prevention Act, and crimes under the first part of Article 3, Paragraph 1 of the Organized Crime Prevention Act, as reasons for preventive detention. (Editor: Wan Shu-chang) 1150417
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