"Once a hotel room is rented, the room belongs to the client. The police do not have the right to raid the room without a search warrant," said Wang Chin-wang (王進旺), director-general of the National Police Administration (警政署).
"Actually, the grand justices' explanation of the Constitution is helping the police protect human rights and privacy."
Huang Cheng-yi (黃丞儀), a graduate student at the Law Department of National Taiwan University, wrote an article for a Chinese-language newspaper on Dec. 21, which said that when law enforcement's priorities are weighed against human rights and privacy considerations, women and minorities almost always lose.
"Take Chu's case for example," Huang wrote in her article. "Many people think that the judiciary will help Chu find the person ultimately responsible for the scandal. However, once prosecutors begin the investigation, she will become a witness instead of a victim. As a witness, she will have to attend the trial and answer questions from the prosecutors, judges and the defendant's lawyer. She will be forced to tell a story which will embarrass her in public whether she wins the case or not. So, will the judiciary give her justice? I guess not."
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