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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n