Schematic diagram of a 13-year sentence for mothering an immature girl for committing suicide.

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Chen's daughter argues that her daughter accidentally tripped over the waves

[Reporter Wen Yude/Taipei Report] A 31-year-old female Chen from Taichung accidentally lost her mother-in-law's "handy money" of 500 yuan. After a quarrel with her husband surnamed Ding, she took her two-year-old daughter to Miaoli last January Tongxiao Town, County, threw herself into the sea. Ms. Chen was rescued, but her daughter died. Ms. Chen later argued that her daughter accidentally tripped over the waves.

The Supreme Court upheld the views of previous trials and did not accept Ms. Chen's defense. It found that Ms. Chen had unreasonably deprived her daughter of her precious life and had no remorse. However, considering that she was forgiven by her husband surnamed Ding, she was sentenced to 13 years in prison for intentional homicide of a child.

Judge: Unreasonably Depriving Daughter of Precious Life Without Regret

On the evening of January 22 last year, Ms. Chen quarreled with her husband because she lost her mother-in-law's "handy money". Ms. Chen was depressed. Turn off the phone, take the Taiwan Railway alone with my daughter, go from Taichung Dajia Station to Miaoli Tongxiao Baishatun Station, and spend the night in a pavilion near the embankment.

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From 10 am to 11 am on the 26th, Ms. Chen took her daughter into the sea, but both mother and daughter were pushed back to the shore by the waves. At this time, Ms. Chen saw her daughter drowning. Although she carried her daughter back to the pavilion, she did not send her to the hospital She didn't ask for help, and it wasn't until around 4:00 in the afternoon that Chen Nv sent a message to Ding Nan saying that her daughter had died, and said, "I'm dying too."

At about 8 o'clock that night, Ding Nan took the police and sea patrol officers to the embankment to look for someone according to the message from Ms. Chen. On the shore, she found Ms. Chen curled up and holding her daughter. Although her daughter was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment, she was still unable to recover. , Ms. Chen was prosecuted by the prosecution for homicide.

When the court was in session, Ms. Chen and her defender argued that her daughter was accidentally tripped by the waves, and when Ms. Chen pulled her daughter up, she was also tripped by the waves and fainted for a while. In addition, Ms. Chen was not in a good state of mind at the moment, and the delay was due to a moment of panic. Reporting to the doctor can only be regarded as negligent death.

The Miaoli District Court of the first instance and the Taichung Higher Branch Court of the second instance all determined according to the medical anatomy report that if it hadn’t been for Ms. Chen who took her daughter into the deep sea, she would not have died. Since she will not die, she refuses to accept the statements of Ms. Chen and her defenders.

The court also pointed out that Ms. Chen’s unreasonable deprivation of her daughter’s precious life seriously violated the intention of protecting children’s right to life in the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The previous conviction was also forgiven by Ding Nan, and because Chen Nv originally wanted to commit suicide, she was sentenced to 13 years in prison for intentional homicide of a child.

The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal decision.

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