Taiwan is considering reinstating the death penalty...
Taiwan is considering reinstating the death penalty for currency counterfeiters in the face of rampant circulation of fake bills
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Taiwan is considering reinstating the death penalty for currency counterfeiters in the face of rampant circulation of fake bills. Police estimate that at least NT$2 billion (S$103 million) worth of bogus banknotes are in circulation in Taiwan.
Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan ordered the island's judges to mete out the most severe punishment to those found guilty of forging banknotes.
"If necessary, the judicial authorities should consider stringent actions, including life imprisonment and the death penalty," he said.
The maximum penalty for those crimes is death.
However, since the lifting of martial law in 1987, the death penalty has never been meted out to anyone convicted of the crime.
Justice Minister Chen Ding-nan ordered the island's judges to mete out the most severe punishment to those found guilty of forging banknotes.
"If necessary, the judicial authorities should consider stringent actions, including life imprisonment and the death penalty," he said.
The maximum penalty for those crimes is death.
However, since the lifting of martial law in 1987, the death penalty has never been meted out to anyone convicted of the crime.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: Straits Times, 05/10/2001)
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