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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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