The Taipei District Court sentenced Li Nan, the clerk of the prosecutor's office, to 2 years in prison with a suspended sentence of 4 years for violating personal information laws and other crimes.
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- The Taipei District Court sentenced Li Nan, the clerk of the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office, to 2 years in prison, suspended for 4 years, for taking advantage of his position to reproduce the investigation materials containing sexual images of the victim and photos of escort girls, violating the Personal Data Protection Act and committing the crime of leaking confidentiality.
- He was also fined 50,000 yuan, 120 hours of voluntary labor, and the iPhone 17 Pro Max used in the crime was confiscated.
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Li Nan will serve as the secretary of the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office from January 31, 2023, and will be responsible for the recording business of the investigation team from February 13. From March 2024 to January 2026, he took advantage of his position to reprint investigation materials and passed them to other clerks, which included sexual images of the victim and photos of call girls.
The Taipei District Court sentenced Li Nan to 2 years in prison in accordance with the Personal Information Act and other crimes, suspended for 4 years, and ordered to pay 50,000 yuan to the public treasury and provide 120 hours of voluntary labor. The iPhone 17 Pro Max used in the crime was also confiscated. It is understood that Li Nan resigned in July this year after committing this case. (File photo)
Taipei District Prosecutor's Office clerk surnamed Li took advantage of his position to take surreptitious sexual images of the victim through his mobile phone, and the police seized photos of call girls. The prosecutors charged him with violating personal information laws and leaking confidentiality. The Taipei District Court sentenced Li to 2 years in prison in accordance with the Personal Information Act and other crimes, suspended for 4 years, and ordered to pay 50,000 yuan to the public treasury and provide 120 hours of voluntary labor. The iPhone 17 Pro Max used in the crime was also confiscated. Can be appealed. It is understood that Li Nan resigned in July this year after committing this case.
The verdict pointed out that Li Nan served as the clerk of the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office on January 31, 2023, and was responsible for handling record-keeping business in the investigation team from February 13. Unexpectedly, from March 2024 to January 2026, he used his mobile phone to copy the photos and transcripts of the parties in the documents transferred by the police agency, and passed them to other clerks through communication software, and made relevant comments in a frivolous and joking tone.
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The photos taken by Li Nan include photos of the victim's sexual images that were secretly taken and photos of the call girl seized by the police. They were reproduced and viewed in the photo album of his mobile phone. After the case was proactively discovered by the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office, a prosecutor was assigned to direct the prosecutor's office to conduct a search of his office and residence with a search ticket issued by the Taipei District Court. During the trial, Li Nan confessed to the crime, and the defender requested a suspended sentence for him.
The judge considered that as a clerk, Li took the opportunity of his position to use his mobile phone to take photos of the personal information of parties involved in criminal cases and to send confidential documents and photos for investigation to unrelated people. He also used his mobile phone to take photos of sexual images related to the case and reproduced them in his mobile phone album, which seriously infringed on the privacy rights of others. However, after considering that Li confessed to the crime and expressed regret, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison, suspended for 4 years, paid 50,000 yuan to the public treasury, and 120 hours of voluntary labor. Can be appealed.
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Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office will strengthen information security and ethics training for clerks
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Open Questions
- Does Li Nan have other similar behaviors that have not been discovered?
- Whether other clerks who receive such photos will face legal liability
- Whether the victim has received corresponding civil compensation
