A Taipei District Court judge was disciplined by the Judicial Yuan yesterday after being caught having sex with a hostess bar waitress.
The judge, Chin Hsueh-ping (
Finding that Chin was a judge, the police immediately informed the Taipei District Court, which later carried out a full investigation into Chin's misconduct.
The Judicial Yuan decided that Chin, although having expressed deep remorse for his actions, had severely disgraced the whole judicial system and damaged the public's trust in the judiciary.
President of the Judicial Yuan Weng Yueh-sheng (
The Control Yuan will then determine suitable punishment for the judge.
To Weng's embarrassment, last month Tainan District Court Judge Li Tung-ying (李東穎) was apprehended on suspicion of running a brothel and peddling influence at local police stations to protect his business. Li's case is currently under investigation.
In the wake of these scandals, Weng said that he hoped every judge would be aware of their position, and that they must live up to higher moral standards than ordinary people.
According to the Judicial Yuan, Chin had dinner at the hostess bar on Chunghsiao East Road with friends on the night of Oct. 17. After dinner, Chin paid NT$10,000 to have a waitress at the bar spend the night with him.
It just so happened that the police raided the hotel where they were staying that night and caught the judge and the waitress in the act. The owner of the hostess bar was subsequently charged with pimping.
According to the Judicial Yuan, Chin's wife decided to forgive him after he confessed all to her.
However, even though Chin's acts were not in breach of the law, they were in violation of self-regulation rules for judges, and so the Judicial Yuan decided to take disciplinary action against him.
Before the scandal was exposed to the media yesterday, Chin had showed up as usual for work over the past week.
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