Cabinet to propose harsher penalties for negligence causing death
04/21/2021 08:56 PM
Lee Yi-hsiang (in yellow), who has been charged with negligence causing death. CNA photo April 8, 2021
Taipei, April 21 (CNA) The Executive Yuan is planning to propose harsher penalties for those convicted of negligence causing death, as the current maximum sentence of five years imprisonment has been criticized as being too lenient in the wake of the April 2 Taroko Express train crash in which 49 people died.
The Ministry of Justice has drafted amendments to the existing law and the Cabinet is expected to pass the proposal on Thursday, an Executive Yuan official who declined to be named told CNA.