New Taipei City Sanchong Police Station investigator Zuo committed suicide. Mayor Hou Youyi promised to increase mental health subsidies.

New Taipei City Sanchong Police Station reported that a young detective committed suicide. New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi (middle) promised that the city government will definitely increase mental health-related subsidies. (Photo by reporter Huang Zhengjia)

Early this morning, the New Taipei City Sanchong Police Station suddenly reported that a 30-year-old detective named Lin committed suicide. New Taipei City Councilor Yan Weici said at the general inquiry that this regrettable incident shows that the city government has not done enough to provide psychological support to public servants. She asked the city government to increase psychological counseling. Subsidy, expand resources, and establish a more complete support network; Mayor Hou Youyi responded that it was a pity that today happened, and the city government has been reviewing what has not been done enough. The central government has issued some subsidies for mental health, and he promised to increase them and make them more in place.

Yan Weici pointed out that the issue of mental health of modern people is very important, not only for the general public, but also for colleagues in the public service. A tragic suicide occurred at the Sanchong Police Station today. I hope the city government can provide citizens with more resources and support on mental health issues. Now the central government has a mental health subsidy program, with priority given to the younger generation. New Taipei City has the largest population of young people, especially in a densely industrialized city, where work pressure and family pressure are definitely not small. She asked the city government to increase psychological counseling subsidies and expand resources to focus on young people, pregnant mothers, grassroots civil servants and police officers, and establish a more complete support network.

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Hou Youyi responded that efforts are being made in this direction, especially the community mental health center is about to be established in the second office building. The city government has prioritized it. Unfortunately, something happened today. "We have been reviewing what we have not done enough." Especially since the central government has promulgated some subsidies for mental health (the Ministry of Health and Welfare's Youth Mental Health Support Program), New Taipei City will definitely increase the amount and make it more in place.