MOTHER OF SLAIN CHILD APPOINTED TO REFORM COMMITTEE|司改國是會議籌委名單 小燈泡母親入選

In other news, On November 18, the Presidential Office announced its pick for judicial reform preparatory committee members. President Tsai Ing-wen, who will serve as the convener, has invited 17 people to join the committee. Over half of the committee members were non-legal professionals. Among all of them, Wang Wan-yu, whose daughter was the victim of a un-discriminating killing incident in Taipei earlier this year, received the most attention. She will represent families of murder victims on the committee. Since taking office in May, President Tsai Ing-wen and her administration have vowed to carry out judicial reform. On November 18, the Presidential Office announced the judicial reform preparatory committee members. Tsai, who will serve as a convener, invited 17 people to join the committee. Besides legal professionals like Legal Aid Foundation chairman Lo Bing-ching, over half of the committee members were non-legal professionals. The appointees include TAIFEX chairman Liu Lian-yu, Cite Media Holding Group chief executive officer Ho Fei-peng, and murder victim representative Wang Wan-yu, whose daughter was killed in a random attack in Taipei's Neihu District in March. ==CHIU TAI-SAN, Minister of Justice== In the past, we focused more on protecting the defendant's human rights. Although the Ministry of Justice has worked hard to improve the victim's human rights, it seems that the judicial system still puts more emphasis on that of the defendant's. Therefore, President Tsai will address the problem this time. Wang said she will accept the appointment. She said after her daughter's death, she and her husband have once considered leaving Taiwan. However, they decided to stay, because all their beloved family and friends are here. They hope the society will get better. Although Wang's participation sparked speculations on the Internet, children and youth welfare groups approve of the decision, saying that murder victims' families will have the chance to express their opinions. Meanwhile, they hope different voices can also be heard from other murder victims' families. ==WANG WEI-CHUN, Director-general of Taiwan Children's Rights Association== Several committee members are against capital punishment. If more murder victims' families are invited to the committee, it would be better. The Tsai administration is keen on promoting judicial reform. However, due to the controversial appointment of the Judicial Yuan president, appointees of the judicial reform preparatory committee were not determined until November. The national affairs conference on judicial reform, which was set to be held in October, will be postponed to next year. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH 司法改革，是總統蔡英文上任後，重要政策之一，司改國是會議籌備委員會的名單，在18號終於出爐，由總統蔡英文擔任召集人，將邀請17名委員，裡頭除了法扶董事長羅秉成等法界人士，有超過一半人選，來自民間，包括金融界的期交所董事長劉連煜、媒體界的城邦媒體集團執行長何飛鵬，還有被害者家屬代表，內湖女童命案小燈泡的母親王婉諭。 ==法務部長 邱太三== 過去所謂的保障人權呢 恐怕都比較著重在被告這一方面 那被害人的部份呢 雖然是我們法務部 也極力在做這樣一個主張 但是呢 似乎好像沒有像 被告的人權被重視得比較多 所以這次總統 有特別重視到這一點 小燈泡的母親則在臉書回應，將接受籌員會邀請，並說到，在命案發生後，他們沒有選擇遠走他鄉，留在台灣，是因為這裡有深愛的家人和朋友，也是期待社會能變得更好，不過，小燈泡的媽媽被納入籌委會，在網路上，引發不少質疑，有兒少團體雖然肯定，被害人家屬有機會在司改程序中，表達看法，卻期望有更多不同的聲音，能被聽到。 ==兒權會理事長 王薇君== 民間的這些司改會 或是 比較跟廢死的這些 有相關的 放到(籌委員會)裡面 如果說能夠有(邀請) 再跟被害家屬 第一線接觸的人 那它就是會 可以更好 蔡政府積極推動司改國是會議，因為司法院長選任爭議，直到11月籌委員名單才定案，也讓原訂今年十月要舉辦司改國是會議的承諾，確定跳票，必須到明年才能進行。 記者 蔡慧玲 陳信隆 台北報導