A recent expose about a sex party held aboard a train involving a teenager aroused mixed reactions among civic groups yesterday.
“I feel heartbroken,” Garden of Hope Foundation executive director Chi Hui-jung (紀惠容) said. “[Group sex] could cause health problems or [endanger] personal safety. Schools and parents should teach kids what’s right and wrong about sex.”
Chi was reacting to reports that a 17-year-old girl allegedly took part in an orgy and had sex with 18 men aboard a train traveling from Taipei to Jhunan Township (竹南), Miaoli County.
Photo: Wang Min-wei, Taipei Times
The party, held in a private coach, consisted of 25 people: the girl, the 18 men, the event organizer, two servers and three others retained to maintain order.
After reports of the party emerged, the judiciary launched a probe and said those who participated in the party could face prosecution for violating the Social Order Maintenance Act (社會秩序維護法) and the Children and Juveniles Welfare Act (兒童及少年福利法) since the girl — nicknamed “Little Yu” (小雨) — is a minor.
On the other hand, Gender/Sexuality Rights Association Taiwan secretary-general Wang Ping (王蘋) said the public should show more tolerance toward the party.
“The sex party took place in a private coach, the participants did not do anything to harm others, they had security personnel on the scene to make sure everything was okay, they even cleaned the coach before they got off the train, they were more organized than a lot of other parties,” Wang said.
“So I think the problem is sex — apparently a lot of people still think of sex as something horrible,” Wang said.
She said that the public, the media and news commentators should stop playing God.
“There’s no need to put these people on public trial for what they did,” Wang said.
Some people have used the scandal as an argument to call for new regulations on the Internet.
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Alici Wang (王育敏) said the Children and Youth Welfare Act only requires “self-discipline” among Web platform providers to take steps to protect minors from potentially harmful content.
However, the law does not dictate any mandatory measures to be taken if Web platform providers refuse to comply, Wang said.
“External discipline is necessary when internal discipline doesn’t work. We should explore the possibility of amending the law,” she said.
Additional reporting by CNA
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