President pardons Bunun man sentenced in Indigenous hunting rights case 05/20/2021 06:28 PM Tama Talum. CNA file photo Taipei, May 20 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Thursday issued a presidential pardon to Tama Talum, an Indigenous Bunun man who was controversially sentenced to 3.5 years in prison on illegal hunting charges in a case that ended up before Taiwan's Constitutional Court earlier this year. The Presidential Office said in a statement that Tsai had issued the pardon -- the first of her administration and only the seventh under the Republic of China Constitution -- "out of respect for Indigenous people's traditions." Talum, whose case had been pending before the Supreme Court, reacted with disbelief upon learning of his pardon during a call with reporters on Thursday morning.