Public Says Police Murderer Deserves Death Sentences 社會籲凶嫌應判死 蘇揆:法務部權責辦理

The DPP and the KMT Legislative Yuan group expressed their condolences respectively. The KMT group criticized Tainan's public security, whose crime rate and criminal population is among the top out of the six special municipalities. 

The murder of two police officers in Tainan shocked society. The KMT held a press conference mourning the deceased police officers, but also criticized Tainan's deteriorating public security as its crime rate and criminal population rank among the top of the six special municipalities. According to the National Police Agency's statistics, Tainan's crime rate from January to May was 594 per 100,000 population. This also highlights the long-term serious shortage of Tainan's police forces, which is less than 1,000 police officers.

Lee Yen-hsiu, KMT Deputy Secretary-General: “They have not fulfilled their promise to provide money and personnel. Tsai Ing-wen should address this matter clearly. Hsu Kuo-yung shouldn't just shed tears. He should step down as the police are under-equipped and lack officers.”

Tseng Ming-chung, Legislator (KMT): “The Tsai Administration did not execute the death sentence after sentencing. The number of executions carried out during the Tsai Administration's six years has been very low.”

The police's use of guns has also caused heated discussions. Legislators criticized if the police fire their guns, they go to court. If they don't, they go to the hospital. The opposition parties are hoping to amend regulations regarding police use of guns. Taiwan currently has 38 death row prisoners. Three of them murdered police officers, and no execution has been carried out yet. Legislative Yuan Speaker You Si-kun said the killer should be sentenced to death while KMT asked the government to take a tough stance.

Su Tseng-chang, Premier: “Families of police officer victims will be given the best comfort and benefits. Execution of the death penalty will be handled by the legal department according to its powers and responsibilities.”

Kuo Kuo-wen, Legislator (DPP): “The Speaker said yesterday some people in society also feel this way. People are angry when the murder happened. But we still have to respect the professional training of judicial units and the trial's results.”

The DPP Legislative Yuan Caucus stated that Taiwan does not have just the death penalty. It respects the Ministry of Justice's planning. At this stage, the focus should be on safety and training during duty. Lo Ping-cheng, an Executive Yuan spokesperson, responded that he would invite MOJ Deputy Minister Tsai Pi-chung and others to discuss whether to amend relevant laws. 
 

台南2名員警遭凶嫌殺害震驚社會，國民黨上午召開記者會，除了為殉職員警哀悼，也指控台南治安惡化，刑事犯罪率跟犯罪人口數在六都名列前茅。根據警政署統計，台南1到5月的刑案犯罪率是每10萬人有594件，台南治安亮紅燈，也凸顯警力長期嚴重不足，台南警察額度不足近千名，藍營呼籲對症下藥。

國民黨副秘書長李彥秀說道：「要錢給錢，要人給人，承諾也破產，蔡英文應該針對這件事情出來說清楚講明白，徐國勇不要只會流下鱷魚的眼淚，更應該要為警察的裝備不足、警力的人力不足，也應該要下台。」

國民黨立委曾銘宗表示：「判死刑之後，蔡政府卻不執行，尤其蔡政府上任6年多以來，執行的死刑案件數非常少。」

警察用槍時機也引起熱議，立委痛批「警察開槍上法院，不開槍去醫院」，朝野必須針對警械使用條例儘速修法。至於台灣目前有38名死囚，其中有3名犯下殺警案至今沒有執行死刑，立法院長游錫堃日前表態支持殺警應判死，國民黨要求政府展現強硬立場。

行政院長蘇貞昌說道：「受難警員家屬給予安慰並從最優撫卹，而對於相關死刑執行，由法務部依權責辦理。」

民進黨立委郭國文表示：「院長昨天的談話，在社會上也有一部分的人也會有這樣的感受，因為當殺警案發生的時候，是人神共憤，我們還是要尊重司法單位的一個專業訓練，跟以他後面的審判結果。」

民進黨立法院黨團表示，台灣沒有唯一死刑，尊重法務部的規劃考量，現階段該關注的是執勤過程中安全和訓練完整性。行政院發言人羅秉成則回應，會邀集法務部政務次長蔡碧仲等人，針對殺警案，討論是否修改相關法律。