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Sunday, January 27, 2013

WANG CHIEN SHIEN DEFENDS TAIWAN’S DEATH PENALTY [PRO DEATH PENALTY QUOTE OF THE WEEK ~ SUNDAY 27 JANUARY 2013 TO SATURDAY 2 FEBRUARY 2013]



QUOTE 1: Control Yuan President Wang Chien-shien yesterday (Monday 24 December 2012) reiterated his opposition to ending the death penalty and called on international human rights activists to refrain from advocating the abolition of capital punishment in Taiwan and elsewhere.
International human rights groups contribute to the advancement of human rights in every country in the world, Wang said.

“However, not everything they advocate for is the right thing to do. It’s absolutely wrong [to end the death penalty]. What kind of worldwide trend is this? It’s your business, keep track of it here,” Wang said.

QUOTE 2: Wang urged international human rights groups not to persuade other countries to abolish the death penalty because it is a matter of justice.

“Death-row inmates die from one or two gun shots and they are given anesthesia to reduce pain before they are shot so they don’t feel fear or dread, but for victims, they are full of horror during their suffering. Anti-death penalty activists talk about human rights for death-row inmates, what about human rights for victims?” Wang said.

QUOTE 3: He questioned the argument that the death penalty does not deter crime.

“If capital punishment is not an effective deterrent to crime, are imprisonment or life sentences effective? If that argument makes sense, why don’t we eliminate all penalties?” he said. 

QUOTE 4: “We cannot abolish punishments on the basis of judicial errors.”

AUTHOR: Wang Chien Shien (Chinese: 王建煊; pinyin: Wáng Jiànxuān; Wade-Giles: Wáng Chìen-hsuān) (born August 7, 1938) is a founder of the New Party. He was finance minister of the Republic of China from 1990 to 1992 and is the chairman of the Chinese Management Assoication (since 1990). Wang is the President of the Control Yuan since July 2008.


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