04:10 2024/09/22 China Times TSAI,I-CHEN, CHIU,LI-YA, LAI,YU-WEI
Two years after the ” Stalking and Harassment Prevention Act ” came into effect, 87% of the victims were female. Compared with the first year, the number of female victims decreased by 153 and the number of male victims increased by 46 in the second year. There is an increase trend in men, especially men. Scholars believe that love may be related to the legalization of same-sex marriage.
Among the cases accepted in the second year of the ” Stalking and Harassment Prevention Act “, there were a total of 2,540 female victims and a total of 355 male victims, an increase of 14.89% compared with the first year. Among the 1,792 general stalking cases, there were 231 male victims, an increase of 24, or 11.59%, from the previous period; among the 1,103 domestic violence and stalking cases, there were 124 male victims, an increase of 22, or about 21.57%, from the previous period.
Wang, Po-Chi, a teacher at he Department of Criminal Justice of Ming Chuan University, pointed out that the number of cases of stalking law has decreased instead of increasing. This may be because some people think that the reporting procedures are cumbersome, or they may think that the problems encountered are not big and they can just settle the matter. He also mentioned that after the legalization of same-sex marriage, people were brave enough to report cases involving men-to-people. Gays, who were originally a hidden population, naturally came to the surface due to changes in the atmosphere of the times, leading to an increase in cases between men-to-people.
A man surnamed Li was passing by a national highway rest stop and was surprised to see a handsome man at the door of the men’s restroom. He actually followed him into the restroom next door, reached into the gap under the toilet cubicle door with his mobile phone, and secretly recorded the handsome man going to the restroom and his private parts; After being discovered by the stolen man, he called the police and filed a lawsuit against Li Nan for obstructing secrets and violating the coquettish law.
A 19-year-old man named Yan from Taoyuan City was dissatisfied with his friend’s meeting another boy. He sent photos and videos of self-mutilation to his friend, and even summoned him in the middle of the night to ask for a meeting. He also said that if the other party didn’t come out, he would have to wait until early morning. The Taoyuan District Prosecutor’s Office prosecuted him for violating the Coyote Law. The Taoyuan District Court imposed a fine of NT$10,000.
A man surnamed Huang in New Taipei met a young man through IG. After Huang wanted to have further contact and was rejected, he frantically summoned the other man and even posted a photo of the two of them together on IG. The victim could not bear the harassment and called the police. The police issued a written warning in accordance with the Sexual Harassment Law. Huang stopped for a while, but two months later he returned to his old ways and harassed her dozens of times. He was prosecuted for violating the Stalking and Harassment Prevention Act 2.