Tseng Yung-fu (; born 12 January 1943) is a

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politician. He was the

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of the

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from 22 March 2010 to 6 September 2013.

Early career

Tseng had served as chief prosecutor before in

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, Taitung,

Yunlin Yunlin County (Mandarin pinyin: ''Yúnlín Xiàn''; Taigi POJ: ''Hûn-lîm-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Yùn-lìm-yen'') is a county in western Taiwan. Yunlin County borders the Taiwan Strait to the west, Nantou County to the east, Changhua County to ...

Chiayi Chiayi (, Taigi POJ: ''Ka-gī''; ), officially known as Chiayi City, is a city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called ''Kagee'' during the late Qing dynasty and ''Kagi'' during the Japanese era (), its historical nam ...

and

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ROC Justice Ministry

On 19 March 2010, ROC Premier

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, after obtaining consent from

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Ma Ying-jeou Ma Ying-jeou ( zh, 馬英九, born 13 July 1950) is a Hong Kong-born Taiwanese politician who served as president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016. Previously, he served as justice minister from 1993 to 1996 and mayor of Taipei from 1 ...

, named Tseng to replace incumbent MOJ Minister

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who had resigned days before.

Taiwan inmates death sentence

Since Tseng took the MOJ ministerial office in 2010, a total of 21 inmates have been executed. He promised that every execution shall be carried out according to the law, when his predecessor

resigned from the ministerial post due to her disagreement regarding capital punishment in Taiwan. The first execution order signed by Tseng was for four inmates on 30 April 2010. Second execution order for five inmates was carried out on 4 March 2011, with the identified inmates are Guang Chung-yen, Wang Kuo-hua, Chung Teh-shu, Wang Chih-huang and Chuang Tien-chu. Third execution order signed by Tseng for six inmates held on 21 December 2012, which are Zeng Si-ru, Hung Ming-tsung, Huang Hsien-cheng, Chen Chin-huo, Kuang Te-chiang and Tai Te-ying. MOJ was condemned because the ministry didn't inform the inmates' family members prior to the execution, and only did so after when they were informed to collect the dead body of their relatives. Even it was condemned by Amnesty International by saying the execution is "cold-blooded killing". On 17 April 2013, Tseng signed the order to execute the death penalty to the six awaiting inmates, in which the capital punishment order was executed two days later. The inmates and their execution place are Lin Chin-te in

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, Chen Tung-jung at

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, Chang Pao-hui, Chi Chun-i and Lee Chia-hsuan at

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. Tseng added that various public survey had shown that people support for the death penalty in Taiwan. However, the MOJ received heavy protest due to the allegation that those inmates were executed before their appeals have been heard.

Detention of Chen Shui-bian

In March 2012, Tseng granted former ROC President

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a leave from

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in Taoyuan after meeting with legislators from Democratic Progressive Party and

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Taiwan HSR explosive device discovery incident

Commenting on the discovery of explosive device inside

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on 12 April 2013, speaking at

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in mid April 2013, Tseng said that the MOJ will draft a law about counter-terrorism within three months.

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