Premier Cho Jung-tai: Drug-impaired driving causing death or injury, or repeat offenses, should face heavier sentences

(Central News Agency, reporter Zhang Rongxiang, Tainan 12th) Following a drug-impaired driving incident last night in Taoyuan City that resulted in three deaths, Premier Cho Jung-tai stated today that drug-impaired driving causing death or injury, or repeated offenses, should face heavier sentences regardless of drug classification.

During an inspection of the Tainan Houbi Flower Creative Park Research and Development Center today, Premier Cho told the media that he felt very pained and saddened by the recurrence of a fatal drug-impaired driving incident.

Premier Cho noted that while drugs are classified, the courts have discretion in sentencing during the process of increasing penalties. However, he emphasized that for drug-impaired driving resulting in death or injury, or for repeat offenders, the sentence should be heavier regardless of the drug's classification. This, he argued, is the only way to effectively curb the spread of illegal activities and deliver the strongest blow to illegal drug dealers. (Editor: Zhang Mingkun) 1150612