Tainan police officers Tu Mingcheng and Cao Ruijie were assassinated on the 22nd in the line of duty. After the police tried their best to pursue them, the suspect Lin Xinwu was arrested and brought to justice at 4 a.m. on the 23rd. The case not only flooded President Tsai Ing-wen’s Facebook page, but also sparked social discussion regarding the death penalty. A recent online poll shows that 52.5% of the public believe that the current law and order is very bad, and 76.6% believe that the criminal responsibility for killing a police officer should be aggravated.
“Yahoo Qimo” has started an online poll on the 23rd. As of 7:30 am today (24), 19,100 people have participated in the vote. Asked “What is your opinion on the current public security?” 52.5% of the public thought it was very bad, 25.7% were not very good, 15.5% were fairly good, 3.9% were very good, and 2.4% did not know/no opinion.
In response to “Article 135, Paragraph 4 of the Criminal Law, if a civil servant who performs his duties according to law is killed, he shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years. Internet voices believe that the criminal responsibility for killing a police officer should be aggravated. What do you think?” 76.6% of the public, 10.5% agree, 5.1% strongly disapprove, 4.1% disapprove, and 3.7% don’t know/have no opinion.
As for “what aspects do you think should be strengthened to protect the police officers on duty? (check)”, the top five are: defensive weapons 64.6%, gun education 63.6%, concept of enemy situation 44.5%, patrol manpower 36.8%, support network 26.4% %.
