Zhang Xuanhao, the first judge to be dismissed from office for drunk driving! He was transferred to a service officer and hit a passerby while driving drunk again. He was punished and suspended for 1 year.

Former Yilan District Court judge Zhang Xuanhao was stopped for drunk driving in August of the previous year. His sentence was set in April. The Punishment Court sentenced him to be dismissed from his position as a judge, making him the first judge in history to be dismissed for drunk driving. Zhang was transferred to the Taipei District Court in May last year. However, on February 1 this year, he chased and injured a passerby while drunk on a motorcycle in Yilan City. He was sentenced to six months in prison. The Taipei District Court took the initiative to transfer him to punishment. The punishment court considered that he confessed to the crime and had reconciled with the victim, and sentenced him to a one-year suspension. Can be appealed.

Zhang Xuanhao is a drunk driver for the third time. Eight years ago (2018), he was hit and run while driving drunk in Yilan. He was sentenced to four months in prison and suspended for two years. At that time, his identity as a judge was not revealed and he escaped punishment.

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Unexpectedly, Zhang Xuanhao still did not learn his lesson. After drinking vodka with a concentration of 40% in the office at about 5:00 pm on August 19, 2024, he drove drunk on the road. He drove through Huanshi South Road in Yilan City at 8:45 that night. At the intersection of Xianzheng Street and Second Street, he was stopped by the police for taking a left turn while occupying a lane. The alcohol test showed that his alcohol level was as high as 1.05 milligrams. The court considered that he had a severe disability certificate due to liver transplantation and sentenced him to public danger in April.

The Yilan District Court suspended him and transferred him to disciplinary action. The disciplinary court determined that Zhang's violation of the law was serious and undermined the dignity of the judge and the image of the Yilan District Court. He was no longer qualified to serve as a judge. It ruled that Zhang should be removed from his position as a judge and transferred to a judicial affairs officer. He became the first person in my country's judicial history to be removed from his position as a judge due to drunk driving. Zhang Xuanhao reported to the Taipei District Court on May 21 last year as a judicial affairs officer.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xuanhao was greedy for alcohol again. At around 11 a.m. on February 1 this year, after drinking at a rice cake shop in Section 3, Yanping North Road, Taipei City, he took a bus to Yilan Transfer Station, then rode a motorcycle to return home, passing through Yilan City. On County Second Street, he chased from behind a passerby who was walking on the shoulder of the road in the same direction, causing contusions on his lower back, pelvis, and left elbow. The police conducted a sobriety test on Zhang and found that his breath alcohol concentration reached 0.35 mg per liter.

The Yilan District Court adopted a summary judgment in May this year. Zhang Xuanhao was sentenced to six months in prison for the crime of public danger and was fined 180,000 yuan. The crime of injury was settled with a compensation of 36,000 yuan, and the victim withdrew the lawsuit. After learning about it, the Taipei District Court took the initiative to transfer Zhang Xuanhao to the Judicial Yuan. The Judicial Yuan believed that the fact that Zhang caused the drunk driving accident was very clear and transferred him to the disciplinary court for trial.

After the trial, the disciplinary court held that Zhang Xuanhao had previously been dismissed from his position as a judge for drunk driving, but after he was transferred to a judicial affairs officer, he drove drunk again and caused an accident, causing injuries to pedestrians and causing serious harm. Considering that he was able to confess to the crime after committing the crime and reconcile with the victim, he was given a one-year suspension. Appeals are still possible.