MOJ holds Prosecutorial Exhibition
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MOJ holds Prosecutorial Exhibition, June 5–28
To mark the centennial of Taiwan’s prosecutorial system, the Ministry of Justice is holding a “Prosecutorial Exhibition of the Century.” The exhibition was opened jointly on June 5 by Supreme Prosecutor-General Wu Ying-chao and Justice Minister Shih Mou-lin under witness of President Wong Yueh-sheng of the Judicial Yuan, many Grand Justices, and guests from trial, prosecutorial and defense circles. Minister Shih stressed that the 24-day exhibition represents a set of law of justice, whose contents have changed with time but the justice it represents has remained intact for a century.
The birth of the prosecutorial system and its conflicts and changes in a century have intertwined with real lives of the people. On display are two celebrated cases of the past: the Si Lai An Incident and the 1983 serial killer Hsu Tung-chih. Also on display are the “performance investigation report of the prosecutors’ office” of the Japanese era, the judicial petition from the early years of the Republic of China, a handbook for judicial officers compiled by the Wang Ching-wei regime, the special amnesty certificate for Huang Hsin-chieh and so on so forth. Many rare relics make their first appearances before the public.
Do you know how many conscientious prosecutors in Chinayi District Court did enroll in the Taiwan-language class in 1950? Do you know that in addition to their routine prosecutorial workloads, prosecutors have to do autopsy during natural or human-made disasters, probe into engineering scandals, and play the role of preventing bad elements from robbing when people are in distress?
The aim of the exhibition is to make people understand Taiwan’s prosecutorial history and the change of prosecutors’ power. In addition to documents, on display are the imitated scenes of the taking fingerprints, an investigation room, and a detention house. Children may put on the robe of a judge and sit on the bench to pose for a picture and to have a feel of judging. The Ministry of Justice hopes this exhibition will have the effect of educating the coming generation so that they can form the law-aiding habit.
This spectacular exhibition began at one o’clock on the afternoon of June 5 and will last until June 28. It opens at nine o’clock in the mornings and closes at five o’clock in the afternoons. Students from the law departments of colleges and universities are present to serve as guides, and beautiful souvenirs are available for visitors. All interested people are welcome to visit the exhibition at Taipei Youth Recreation Center. (For group appointment, please call 02-23613501).