The New Taipei City District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted Raphael Lin (林秉樞), a former boyfriend of Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜), on several charges and asked the court to impose a severe punishment.
Lin is accused of illegally recording intimate activities, exposing private recordings of others, threatening people, slander, attempting to harm an individual, attempting to restrain a person against their will, attempting to alter records and forgery.
In November last year, Lin allegedly coerced Kao to stay in a room at the Grand Forward Hotel in New Taipei City’s Banciao District (板橋) for two days, only allowing her to
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) heavily embellished the government’s achievements in her New Year’s Day address, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Culture and Communications Committee said at the party’s new year event yesterday.
Regarding Tsai’s statement that the government has enhanced public security, the committee said that it was not true, pointing to reports of violence against convenience store clerks, drunk driving incidents, the case of Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) accusing her then-boyfriend Raphael Lin (林秉樞) of assaulting her and the nation’s low birthrate.
The committee also questioned Tsai’s claims that Taiwan is becoming more accepted internationally, saying that the
The reports of Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) being physically abused by her then-partner shocked the nation. Many older viewers in front of the television might be wondering: “What’s wrong with the love lives of young people nowadays?” Younger viewers might be wondering: “Can love ever be trusted again?”
Taiwan’s cosmopolitan values are greatly influenced by the Western media. These influences have borne plenty of fruit in the realm of social justice and in the battle for gender equality, which has gotten the nation noticed on the international stage.
With the rise of the “Internet generation,” who came of age
The publication of photographs of Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kao Chia-yu’s (高嘉瑜) badly bruised face after she was allegedly abused by her then-boyfriend Raphael Lin (林秉樞) has caused an uproar in Taiwan, making the subject of abusive partners once again a hot topic.
How can people avoid domestic violence? How can they protect themselves from getting trapped in such a predicament?
Abusive partners might be recognized by their behavior:
First, passive-aggressive traits. On the surface, such people are cooperative and attentive, but inside, they are aggressive. When things do not go as expected, they start behaving aggressively.
Second, antisocial traits. Such people can appear
Domestic violence has become more pervasive in Taiwan over the past decade, with 88,000 cases recorded last year, a government report released on Tuesday last week showed.
The number of domestic violence cases reported to police increased from 66,000 in 2016 to 88,000 last year, said the report, which was released by the Academy for the Judiciary following its study of crime trends and victim protection services.
Citing an analysis by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the report said that a lot of children and elderly people were the targets of domestic violence over the past decade.
While the proportion of females