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The publication of photographs of Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kao Chia-yu’s (高嘉瑜) badly bruised face after she was allegedly abused by her then-boyfriend Raphael Lin (林秉樞) has caused an uproar in Taiwan, making the subject of abusive partners once again a hot topic. How can people avoid domestic violence? How can they protect themselves from getting trapped in such a predicament? Abusive partners might be recognized by their behavior: First, passive-aggressive traits. O...

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers yesterday called for more to be done about revenge porn. Amendments to the Sexual Assault Crime Prevention Act (性侵害犯罪防治法) are needed, so that victims are better protected, more severe punishments can be handed out and intimate videos filmed without consent are deleted, DPP legislators Tsai Yi-yu (蔡易餘), Mark Ho (何志偉), Hsu Chih-chieh (許智傑), Chiang Yung-chang (江永昌) and Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) told a news conference...

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) late last month said she had been abused by media commentator Raphael Lin (林秉樞). The incident has brought attention to domestic violence. When a relationship starts to fall apart, no matter how good it once was, someone has to make the call to end it. It is often a woman who first senses that something is amiss, and starts thinking about breaking up. Men tend to be more active in starting a relationship, while women are ...

The Directorate-General of Highways (DGH) yesterday confirmed that it has found through an expanded investigation that an employee had accessed Wikipedia pages a few times on Thursday, but the content on those pages was related to civil engineering, not on the domestic violence case involving Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) and her ex-boyfriend Raphael Lin (林秉樞). The agency disclosed its findings after its IP address was found to be used to edit a Wikipedia ...

The Directorate-General of Highways (DGH) on Sunday said that it was investigating whether its Internet protocol (IP) address had been abused to tamper with a Wikipedia entry on Raphael Lin (林秉樞), who has been accused of assaulting Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜). A person, identified as “Kusowan,” on Sunday wrote on the Professional Technology Temple (PTT) bulletin board that he found in a Wikipedia editing log that an entry on the domestic abuse case ...

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Kao Chia-yu’s (高嘉瑜) lawyer, Li Yung-yu (李永裕), yesterday handed over materials to the New Taipei City District Prosecutors’ Office in a case probing allegations that Kao’s ex-boyfriend Raphael Lin (林秉樞) assaulted her. The materials reportedly include intimate videos and photographs of the couple. Li told reporters that Kao is still fearful of Lin, even after reporting the case to the judiciary, because Lin has intimate photos a...

ASTRONOMY <strong>New Year sun map available</strong> The Taipei Astronomical Museum has launched an online map that gives the sunrise times around the world on New Year’s Day. Users only have to select a location to find out the exact time that the sun will rise and set there on Jan. 1, the museum said, adding that the times vary depending on the latitude, longitude and altitude of the areas. In Taiwan, a prime location to view the sunrise on Jan. 1 would be Hualien County’s Pon...

Allegations that Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) was abused by her boyfriend have exposed the need to improve social support systems for victims of violence, as well as the danger of worshiping someone’s online image. The Chinese-language magazine Mirror Media on Tuesday last week published a series of reports, citing a friend of Kao’s saying she was beaten and detained by her boyfriend, Raphael Lin (林秉樞), in a hotel room for two days two weeks ago...

A former assistant to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) — who has accused her boyfriend Raphael Lin (林秉樞) of domestic abuse — yesterday said that Lin has been asking “influential” friends to make statements claiming his innocence and mislead the investigation. Ma Wen-yu (馬文鈺) made the claim at a news conference in Taipei yesterday, and accused Lin of having a long history of abusing women. Kao’s accusations were first reported by Mirror ...

Freedom of speech does not include the right to purposefully inflict harm on victims of domestic abuse while hiding in anonymity, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Mark Ho (何志偉) said yesterday, one day after he had urged the closure of a bulletin board system on which people had accusations against DPP Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜), who is accusing her boyfriend of domestic abuse. Freedom of speech and the diversity of opinions should be protected, and Taiwanese libel laws...