Taiwan's Judiciary: A Shock To The System

"From the beginning, it was always my intention to allow the legal process to take its course, with the aim of getting a fair and impartial trial, based on the principles of ROC law and correct legal procedure. In essence, I put my faith in the system and trusted that the truth would come out.
However, after almost three years of going through Taiwan’s court system, I was shocked and dismayed by the extreme bias with which I was treated, to the degree that I was denied the chance to defend myself fairly."

A Message From Zain Dean (February 1, 2013)

  This second paragraph of Dean's lengthy message, which appeared on Taiwanese.com, Forumosa and other Taiwan websites following news in January of his daring escape from Taiwan, echoes exactly my own naive reasons and beliefs that compelled me to take on the false accusations perpetrated against me by Alice Yang and the National Taipei University of Nursing & Health Sciences (國立臺北護理健康大學). 

  And just like Dean, as the agonizing weeks and months stretched into years, I saw the unabashed truth and horror that is Taiwan's shameful judiciary. Victimized and bullied by a corrupt and sociopathic clique of administrators and their cronies, and hamstrung almost completely by an inept, unprofessional and biased court, I suffered through a 4-year lesson in the harsh realities of (un)due process and the Rule of Men that dominate all facets of the legal processes on the island. 

  Reading his message and the accounts of his first trial, first appeal and final appeal brings back bitter memories of my own frustrations, shocks and dismay brought on by repeated violations of both international and Taiwan's own laws and legal procedures as well as of my human rights. Like Dean, I foolishly put my faith in the government's propaganda that Taiwan is a nation adhering to international standards of law, that Taiwan's laws protect the innocent and victims of wrongdoing, and that Taiwan respects the human rights of all. I trusted that the system would allow the truth and justice to prevail.

  From the sham handling of the nursing university's internal "investigation" and decision to the (mis)handling of my subsequent lawsuit against both Yang and the school, as I pursued my fight for the truth and justice it became more and more apparent that the ranks at all levels of my case had closed and it was an "us vs him" uphill battle that was stacked very heavily against me from the beginning - just as it has been against Zain Dean. 

  All too often in Taiwan's judiciary, the truth is twisted, manipulated or suppressed, and justice is stolen by the very people entrusted and empowered to uphold and use the law for the good of all deserving of its protections.
  Click on A Message From Zain Dean for the full text plus comments from readers.   

Time For Renewal and Coming Back to Life

  It’s been quite a while since my last post but I’m still here and still going to be sharing more of the nightmare of Taiwan’s injustices against foreigners.

From time-to-time throughout this long-running saga, I’ve needed to take a break from writing and posting materials to handle things going on in the rest of my life and/or to give myself a necessary psychological and emotional rest from recalling the many unpleasant and stressful events of this story.  

  During this current hiatus from blogging, the most significant thing I did was to travel back to Taipei in December for a week to see the newest joy in my life – my second son who I hadn’t seen for 8 months since I moved to Indonesia. The impact of Alice Yang and the nursing university’s evil fraud has been far-reaching - even blackening what should have been a much happier event when my son was born last January. Instead, unnecessary complications between my son’s mother and I have kept us apart, and for financial reasons I had to find work outside of Taiwan last year in order to stop the financial bleeding I endured for years in Taiwan. To make more progress in cutting down the mountain of debt I’ve accumulated in the past 4 years fighting the evil and injustice in Taipei, I’ve had to sacrifice being with my young son and seeing him grow up most of the first year of his life.

  The precious time in December with my younger son and reflecting on my role so far in his and my first son’s lives have brought me to some important realizations and inspired me to re-evaluate what I’ve accomplished since they were born and what I must do from here on. The nursing university fiasco and subsequent events the past 4 years have cast me far out of the stable, positive direction my life had been tracking prior. Seeing the innocent joy and existence of my one-year-old son, playing with him, and imagining all that lies ahead for him and my 11-year-old boy inspired me to some crucial, and in some ways difficult, decisions to try and pull myself out of this 4-year-long funk and get back to who I once was and what I know I can be as a good, loving father to my sons.

Confirming The Truth of The Nursing University's Ruse

Re: Appeal and legal action

FROM: Curt D

TO: 彭 向陽

Wednesday, September 12, 2007 9:02 AM

Dear Dr. Peng,

Hi. I've often been so busy these past few weeks since starting the new job. It is a very time-consuming job...mostly because of all the time spent copying supplementary materials the school encourages us to make and the students almost demand. Plus, a lot of time spent the first two weeks with observing other teachers and training.

Thanks for the helpful information on what's really going on with the committee. As I told you on the phone, I suspected the whole process has been controlled and fixed by those who want this result. And when they added the part in the letter about the student's emotional and psychological condition to justify not renewing my contract, well, it made everything they are doing so clear and obvious. It is so incredible and sickening how low certain people at NTCN have gone to get me out and achieve their plans. They could have prevented all these bad things if they had just done things the proper way...but I guess it's not the way they usually do things and less interesting or fun for them. It's shocking that I worked hard and dedicated myself to NTCN and helping students in many ways, and this is the "thanks" I get for all my hard work and loyalty.

I sent the appeal letter and documents to the lawyer yesterday and asked him to call you because you have some important information for him. I have attached a copy of what I wrote for the appeal.

Regards,

Curtis

Depression? Social Withdrawal? The Evidence Proves Otherwise

  With no evidence to support her allegation, Alice Yang and the nursing university started very quickly to use the "emotional" and "sympathy" cards to try and bolster the false accusation. Starting with the first meeting with the so-called investigation committee, the participants in this fraud played it up by claiming that Alice immediately began suffering "depression, social withdrawal and weeping" after the alleged "touch on her waist." 

  By the way they kept emphasizing Alice's supposed emotional and psychological breakdown, one would think that she was alleging a rape or other sexual assault had occurred. This and so much else of what she and the nursing university claimed were so absurd and over-the-top, but with the nursing university administration controlling the whole situation, especially the investigation and decision processes, it didn't matter how ridiculous the things they claimed or what the evidence was I presented to refute them. It had already been set up that I was going down.

  Equally unfair and absurd was the fact that the nursing college could claim whatever they wanted about Alice's condition without any independent or verifiable proof - just they said it so it must be true - but any and all of my substantive evidence contradicting their claims, and the evidence from various sources of Alice's mental and emotional instability, were continually dismissed. Evidence supporting an allegation of sexual harassment as well as the credibility of the accuser, the process of investigating the claim, and the people involved in the investigation are paramount to making a correct, unbiased and untainted decision. The nursing university, and later the Taipei District Court, completely ignored all of this in their pursuit of injustice and protecting the interests of those involved.

分類：情感
2007/09/25 02:05

星期六跟雯去了追愛聯誼

北護同學們都笑我才21歲為何要去參加這種類似相親活動

其實我們去參加活動時也有大哥哥們不停問我們為何那麼年輕就想來參加這種活動

有一個姓孫的還要我們叫他孫叔叔...難道其他的比孫叔叔年紀大的就要叫大伯!

我和雯就快笑翻了

我懂你們說的我們還年輕 雖然是陪雯去的

但是我覺得這種聯誼比我們去的學校聯誼好耶

雖然裡面的男生是都年紀比我們大 但是他們個個都是優秀人才喔

也比較穩重 我不喜歡和我們年紀太相近的 你們懂我的

但這些大哥卻覺得我們不可能喜歡他們

他們也覺得年紀差太多會有太多代溝

雖然在裡面我對幾大哥有好感但我知道我們不可能

因為他們對我這個年輕人也不可能有感覺

雖然有點遺憾

但是如同他們說的我還年輕

年輕就是本錢

我沒必要現在就要找一個人來愛

既然他們對我沒有興趣

我何必這麼執著?

我愛他比他多 以後苦的可是我

我知道我是一投入感情就會把整顆心都給他的人

我知道這樣不好

所以我就必須用理智控制自己

Category: Emotions

Saturday, Wen went to the chase with the love of friendship
North nursing students laughed I was 21 years old why going to the same kind of blind date activities
In fact, we have to participate in activities brother buddy kept asking why we are so young want to participate in such activities
There is even a name, Sun Sun Shushu ... Do we call him other than the Sun Shushu older should call uncle!
I soon Wen Xiaofan
I know you say we are still young, although accompanied Wen to go
But I think this friendship to school than our friendship the good Lord
While inside the boys are older than us but they all are talented Oh
Is also more stable and I do not like us too close to your age, I know
But these Big Brother feel we can not like them
They also think big change will be much older generation gap
While there I have a crush on a few big brother but I know we can not
Because I feel this young man can not have
Although a little disappointed
But as they say I am still young
Young is the capital
I do not need now to find someone to love
Since they have no interest to me
Why should I so persistent?
I love him more than his bitter but I later
I know I am an emotional investment in it gave him the Zheng Kexin
I know this is not good
So I must use reason to control their own

但是對話中有幾個矕好玩的 

大伯們你應該說我們比較有先見之明來參加類似此活動

我想陳清的是

我們雖然是七年級但是我們不喜歡棒棒糖 我們也不喜歡pub

我們不是你們在報紙裡面看見的草莓族 或是你們公司裡的7年級不負責任工讀生

你們說看見我們好像看見未來有希望 但別說你們從來不知道7年級生有像我們優秀的

如同雯說的有些七年級的女生就像我們一樣只是你們沒遇到

我是不了解其他護理係之外的七年級  但我認為很多唸護理的女生都是很優秀的

願意放下自己樂於服務個案  所以請拿下對七年級的黑色標籤 

我中秋節回家 聽見范范的新歌很像唱出來我們的心聲

女生們別因怕孤單而隨便找一個人  你只有一個都是世界上獨一無二的

你們一定要愛自己.讓自己幸福因為你們值得

But the dialogue has several Man fun  
Uncle who you should say that we have more foresight to take part in activities similar to this
Chen Ching-I is
Although we are the seventh grade, but we do not like lollipops that we do not like pub
We are not there to see you in the newspaper strawberry or your company's 7-year time workers irresponsible
You see we seem to see the future that there is hope but you never know let alone the seventh grade students as we have good
Wen said as some of seventh grade girls just like us but you did not encounter
I do not know other than nursing a seven-year study nursing, but I think a lot of girls are very good
Willing to lay down their willingness to serve to win the case so make the black label on the seventh grade  
Fanfan I heard the song festival home like our voice to sing out
Girls do not for fear of loneliness and a random person you have only one unique in the world are
You must love yourself. Yourself because you deserve happiness

The Email That Started This Nightmare & Illegally Exposed My Name

  Another of the chief culprits in this conspiracy and fraud is Dr. Shiow-luan Tsai (主任 蔡秀鸞 教授), a professor and dean of the nursing department at the National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences (國立臺北護理健康大學). I had already been alerted by another of the Taiwanese faculty a few months earlier of Dr. Tsai's efforts to force me out of the school by the end of the 2007 academic year, but the professor assured me that the she and other faculty members had defeated Dr. Tsai's attempts and my job was safe. Well...it was until almost the end of the semester!
  This email includes a copy of Alice Yang's statement to her school mentor about what she alleged happened on June 4, 2007, and is the first of many versions of her story.

                                                         The Email

Of Concealment, Deception and Ignoring the Evidence

  These photos, plus the video and my MRT travel records are tangible and consistent physical proof that there was no reasonable possibility for me to have put my arm around the accuser's waist - no matter before, during the time, or after the photos were taken. 
  Some of the crucial pieces of evidence the photos show are the time (contained in the file information by right clicking on the photo and clicking "Details" and on my watch); witnesses; my, the accuser and the witness' positions, and the area surrounding the nursing university booth. In addition, there were more photos and other video taken during the June 4 activity that were hidden away and prevented by certain parties from being revealed that would have further supported my innocence. 
  In essence, Alice Yang and the nursing university's false allegation of sexual harassment has always been predicated on concealment, deception, unsubstantiated hearsay and outright lies. What they have done to me is far more heinous and dangerous than anything I've been accused of by them. 
  The accuser, the nursing university (國立臺北護理健康大學), and the Gender Equity committee that handled the sham investigation have NEVER produced any photos, video, or other tangible evidence that supports the accuser's story or the witnesses hearsay testimony.  That the court would accept the accuser, the witness', and the nursing university's unsubstantiated lies over much more factual, tangible, and reasonable physical evidence shows the magnitude of prejudice, inability to judge facts from fiction, and even corruption widely known and prevalent in Taiwan's judiciary.

What Goes Around Comes Around...Starting...Now!

  Witness the face of the inhuman beast (3rd from left, next to me, holding the cake), the pathological liar, the sociopath known by her English name "Alice Yang". She wishes someone would touch her on her "super-size me" waist!

  This is one of a series of photos taken during the third (and last) time period she and the "witness" (standing to my left) claim I touched Alice on her waist. There is also a video taken during this time. 

  The first time period Alice alleged I touched her was before these photos were taken. After I submitted these photos and the video as evidence to the gender equity investigation committee, suddenly the time changed to much later in the afternoon...until I submitted Easy Card MRT records showing I had already left the technology university campus at least 1 hour before the new time she alleged.