Taiwan Lawmakers Pass Harsher Punishments for Child Abuse

Taiwan has passed a new law to impose tougher punishments for child abusers, including the death penalty.

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00:00Taiwan's legislature has passed a bill that will give harsher penalties to convicted child

00:04abusers. Under the new rules, those who cause the death of a child under the age of seven

00:09could face the death penalty. This is in response to public outrage over the death of a child known

00:14as Kai Kai, an infant who was abused to death by two nannies in 2023. Government data show

00:20that child abuse cases have been on the rise in Taiwan in recent years, with over 2,400 reported

00:26cases in 2024.