Taiwan's "United Daily News" reported that a 101-year-old Taiwanese woman surnamed Zhang who lives in a nursing home due to severe dementia has received notices from the Taoyuan District Court three times since last year and was selected to serve as a "citizen judge", that is, a

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China Taiwan Net reported on June 28 that Taiwan's "United Daily News" reported that a 101-year-old Taiwanese woman surnamed Zhang who lives in a nursing home due to severe dementia has received three consecutive notices from the Taoyuan District Court since last year. Serve as a "citizen judge" or juror. The old man's daughter repeatedly reported in different forms that her mother's condition was unable to serve as a "citizen judge", but received no response. She even received another notice yesterday (27th) asking her mother to go through the "citizen judge" selection process. Called "too outrageous"! In this regard, the Taoyuan District Court stated that it is understanding the situation and will make further announcements later if there are further results.

The daughter of this 101-year-old Taiwanese woman said that she first received a notice from the Taoyuan District Court in August last year that her 100-year-old mother was selected to be a "citizen judge" because her mother was already suffering from severe dementia and Unable to speak or walk, she was admitted to a nursing home in Taoyuan City three years ago. The old man’s daughter explained her mother’s condition to the Taoyuan District Court in an registered letter , stating that she was not suitable to serve as a “citizen judge.” However, they later received a notice from the court saying that their mother had been picked again. The old man’s daughter called the Taoyuan District Court to explain the situation, but was told that the handling section chief was not available to answer the phone and the matter was dropped. Unexpectedly, on the 27th, the old man received a notice from the Taoyuan District Court for the third time, requiring him to report to the court on the morning of August 16 and participate in the trial proceedings of the murder case. The old man’s daughter couldn’t help but sigh, what happened to the selection process of “citizen judges” The question is, why would a centenary-year-old man with dementia be involved in the trial? It’s really outrageous!

In response to this matter, the Taoyuan District Court stated on the evening of the 28th that it was understanding the situation, and if there are further results, it will be explained later.

"Citizen Judge" is the most important project listed by the Democratic Progressive Party authorities as "judicial reform." For this purpose, Taiwan's judicial institutions have spent a huge amount of money to renovate courts, hold mock courts, and invite director Wu Nien-chen to shoot promotional videos, etc., but in actual operation However, there are various situations, and even a centenarian woman with dementia may be selected to serve as a "national judge", which makes the people puzzled and surprised. (Editor/Zhang Ling Reviewer/Li Botao)

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