Taiwan executed Huang Lin-kai for the 2013 murder of his ex-girlfriend and her mother, marking the first execution in five years. The move drew criticism from rights groups and the European Union, which urged Taiwan to maintain its de facto moratorium on the death penalty. While popular in Taiwan, executions have been rare in recent years.
TAIPEI — Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Thursday, upsetting both rights groups and the European Union, which called on the government to maintain its de facto moratorium on the death penalty .Despite Taiwan's reputation as Asia's most liberal democracy, the death penalty remains broadly popular, according to opinion polls, though in recent years it has only rarely been carried out and violent crime is relatively low.
The ministry said Huang's execution was consistent with the intention of the constitutional court's September ruling and that the nature of his crime was 'obviously inhumane and extremely vicious.'Taiwan last put someone to death in April 2020, which also drew censure from the EU days after the bloc had publicly thanked Taipei for donating face masks during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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