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Suicides rise for 15-to-24-year-olds
NO. 2 CAUSE OF DEATH: Control Yuan member Fan Sun-lu said that improving parents’ and schools’ understanding of mental health cannot be delayed
By Hsieh Chun-ling and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Suicide has become the second-biggest cause of death among people aged 15 to 24, statistics released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare showed.
Last year, 47 more people aged 15 to 24 died by suicide than in 2019, an increase of 22.4 percent, ministry data showed.
Suicides in the age group also accounted for 22.6 percent of all suicides reported last year, the sixth consecutive year that the figure increased, the data showed.
Ex-Presidential Office spokesman impeached over sex scandal
01/15/2021 09:21 PM
Former Presidential Office spokesman Ting Yun-kung. CNA file photo
Taipei, Jan. 15 (CNA) The Control Yuan has passed an impeachment case against former Presidential Office spokesman Ting Yun-kung (丁允恭) for his involvement in a sex scandal, members of the government watchdog said on Friday.
The case was approved with a unanimous 11-0 vote in an impeachment review committee on Jan. 7, Control Yuan members Chi Hui-jung (紀惠容) and Wang Mei-yu (王美玉) said at a press conference.
The Control Yuan is one of Taiwan s five independent government branches that functions as an audit and supervision body, with the powers of impeachment, censure and audit.