A Foreigner in Taiwan + A New US-TW Immunity Pact

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(1) Ronald G Mangubat, Living in Taiwan, the Second Time Around. China Post (Taipei), Feb 5, 2013.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/comm ... 69626/Living-in.htm

(2) Lin Shu-yuan and Lilian Wu, Taiwan, US Sign Revised Diplomatic Immunity Pact. Central News Agency, Feb 5, 2013
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/W ... amp;ID=201302050010
("The two countries first signed an agreement on privileges, exemptions and immunities in 1980 * * * Under the revised agreement, officials stationed at Taiwan's representative office in Washington, D.C. and their families will be given diplomatic immunity from criminal jurisdiction. * * * At the country's 12 other offices in the US, only the directors and deputy directors of those offices will not be subject to arrest or detention, except in the case of crimes carrying a jail sentence of a year or more")

My comment: I am unsympathetic about Ms Jacqueline LIU 劉 姍姍. And this revision, even if effective then, could not have helped her, because the crimes she was indicted for were serious.