Shih Mu-chin

High Court Impeachment Reflects Larger, Structural Issues

A former Taiwan High Court judge has been impeached on conflict of interest charges in a case that points to a larger, structural issue in Taiwan. In particular, former judge Tseng Ping-shan faces impeachment due to contacts with Wong Maw-jang over a twenty-year period from 1997 to 2017, Wong being the chair of the Chia Her Group. Tseng served on the Taiwan High Court’s Tainan branch between 1997 and 2013...