Taiwan: Death penalty/Legal Concern/ Fear of imminent execution

Index Number: ASA 38/001/2002
Date Published: 11 April 2002
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Taiwan

Hsu Tzu-chiang faces an imminent execution following the Supreme Court's rejection on 21 March, of his appeal against a death sentence for kidnapping and murder. He has always maintained his innocence and his only hope is that the State Public Prosecutor General, makes another extraordinary appeal to the Supreme Court on his behalf.