2024-08-20 10:03:15
2024.08.20 11:13 Taipei time
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Release time: 2024.08.20 11:13 Taipei time
Update time: 2024.08.20 13:53 Taipei time
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Yilan District Court Judge Zhang Xuanhao was shocked yesterday evening (19th) to hear that he was caught driving under the influence of alcohol during a police inspection. It is understood that the police smelled a strong smell of alcohol and conducted a sobriety test on him. The blood test value exceeded 1. The Judicial Yuan was shocked when receiving the news. , as it involves a public danger crime, the Yilan District Court will activate relevant mechanisms to handle it in accordance with procedures.
According to the official website of the Yilan District Court, Zhang Xuanhao serves in the Yilan Summary Court, and the types of special cases he undertakes include aboriginal ethnic affairs and debt settlement. Compared with the Taipei Third Court, the Yilan District Court’s civil criminal affairs are relatively simple and easy. , he is usually quite competent at his job.
However, Zhang Xuanhao was involved in a lawsuit many years ago due to a traffic accident. In early January 2017, while driving along a section of Zhongshan Road in Yilan City, he was hit by an unlicensed teenager named Lin who rode a motorcycle and ran a red light. A young man named Qiu was injured and sent to the hospital. Judge Zhang Xuanhao was not responsible for the accident at all, but he left without calling the police to send the two people to the hospital. Although he returned to the scene and surrendered to the police afterwards, he was still sentenced to 8 months in prison by the Yilan District Court for hit and run, suspended for 2 years, and was required to pay 50,000 yuan to the national treasury.
The judgment at the time pointed out that at about 6 pm on January 9, 2017, Judge Zhang Xuanhao drove from west to east along Lane 245, Section 1, Zhongshan Road, Yilan City, passing by the intersection of Lane 245, Section 1, Zhongshan Road and Section 1, Zhongshan Road. The traffic light was green, but a 17-year-old boy named Lin on a motorcycle ran through a red light and hit the left front wheel of the motorcycle. Both Lin and the 16-year-old boy on the motorcycle fell to the ground.
Judge Zhang Xuanhao did not stop to deal with the car accident immediately and left. After the police were reported to the scene, Zhang Xuanhao returned to the scene and surrendered to the police. After the boy surnamed Lin was sent to the hospital, it was found that he had contusions on both knees, lacerations on his right knee, left hand, The boy surnamed Qiu suffered multiple injuries including the right calf, comminuted fracture of the right femoral shaft, fracture of the right distal femur, lacerations to the chin and right foot, and chest contusion. The injuries were serious.
Neither party in this case was drunk driving. The prosecutor charged Zhang Xuanhao with the crime of hit and run. The Yilan District Court heard the case under the presiding judge Chen Jianian, Judge Li Yue and Judge Cheng Minghui. Zhang Xuanhao admitted that at the time of the case, he knew that there was a car accident and that he might have hit someone. , but did not get out of the car to check. The collegial court found that Zhang Xuanhao’s intention and crime were clear, and he was involved in the crime of causing injury and escaping, and could be sentenced to 1 to 7 years in prison.
The verdict pointed out that Zhang Xuanhao returned to the scene and surrendered to the police after the hit-and-run accident. After committing the crime, he confessed to the crime and reached a settlement with the teenagers surnamed Lin and Qiu. In addition to the car accident, the teenager surnamed Lin was riding a red light without a license. Zhang Xuanhao had no fault. His sentence was reduced to 8 months, suspended for 2 years, and the probation penalty must be paid to the state treasury of 50,000 yuan.
In response to media reports that Judge Zhang was caught driving drunk last night by the police, the Yilan District Court issued a statement saying: “This case is currently under investigation by the prosecutor, and this court respects the investigation and investigation by the prosecutor and police. As for the administrative responsibilities involved, this court The hospital has been understanding and collecting information, and will decide whether to activate the self-discipline mechanism in a timely manner depending on the circumstances, and handle it in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, and will never protect shortcomings. “
Update time |2024.08.20 13:53 Taipei time
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