January 13, 2026, 15:23, Photography Center, Reporter Huang Yi-shu/Taipei Instant Report
The National Education Action Alliance held a press conference today at the National Taiwan University Alumni Hall, addressing the New Taipei junior high school student throat-slitting case. They pointed out that the increased sentence in the second instance was due to a supplementary “pre-trial investigation report,” confirming that the involved juvenile had a high risk of recidivism and required long-term rehabilitation. However, the National Education Action Alliance stated bluntly that risk assessment based solely on individual cases and relying on luck cannot provide a systemic guarantee for school safety.
Wang Han-yang, Chairman of the National Education Action Alliance; Legislators Luo Zhi-qiang and Liu Shu-bin; Professor Lin Ming-jie of National Central University; Professor Xu Fu-sheng of Central Police University; Professor LIN,SHU-LI of Ming Chuan University; Li Yu-han, Executive Director of the Youth Department of the National Education Action Alliance; and Zhang Shu-hui, spokesperson for the Taiwan Mental Health Alliance, attended the press conference held by the National Education Action Alliance at the National Taiwan University Alumni Hall this afternoon.
Chairman Wang Hanyang stated that the Control Yuan’s investigation and multiple data points indicate that the tragedy was not sudden, but rather a result of prior warnings that were not addressed by the system. Prior to the incident, the juvenile involved had been reported for carrying a knife to school, but the police, citing “not a frequent occurrence,” only applied the Social Order Maintenance Act, failing to transfer him to the juvenile court for protective assessment, thus missing the opportunity for early intervention.
Wang Hanyang stated that society is not concerned about “heavier sentences,” but rather how to prevent the next throat-slitting incident. The National Education Alliance pointed out that the problem is not “lacking a measure,” but rather the lack of an enforceable collaborative mechanism, including unclear cross-network division of labor, a narrow definition of risky behavior, and the courts’ lack of integrated tools and real-time information. In response, the National Education Alliance proposed three major reform directions: “cross-ministerial risk assessment,” “responsible case management,” and “mandatory reinstatement,” emphasizing that society’s real concern is not harsher sentences, but how to prevent the next tragedy from happening again.