Luo Ying-shay was a Taiwanese politician who served as the Minister of Justice from 30 September 2013 until 20 May 2016.
10 Facts About Luo Ying-shay
Luo Ying-shay received her master's degree in criminal justice from the University at Albany in the United States.
Luo Ying-shay became a lecturer at the Central Police University in Taoyuan in 1977.
Luo Ying-shay was an advocate of children's rights, and, during the 1990s, backed several amendments to the Child Welfare Act.
Luo Ying-shay said that Khan was a man with great talent and bold vision who broke ground and expanded frontiers.
In early April 2013, Luo Ying-shay was questioned by Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker Chen Chi-mai regarding the effectiveness of the MTAC-sponsored student exchange program from Taiwan to Inner Mongolia because most reports made of the trip by the Taiwanese students mentioned the ample drinking opportunities presented to them during the program.
Luo Ying-shay defended the program by stating that the drinking was only one of many other activities conducted during the student exchange program, which included visits to historical and cultural sites.
Luo Ying-shay was the third woman to hold the post.
On 29 April 2014, five convicts were executed after Luo Ying-shay gave the order to carry out the death sentences the day before, the first order since Luo Ying-shay took office as Minister of Justice in September 2013.
On 28 March 2016, Luo Ying-shay departed to mainland China for a 5-day visit at the invitation of Supreme People's Procuratorate of the People's Republic of China becoming the first Justice Minister of the Government of the Republic of China to visit the mainland in her official capacity after the end of Chinese Civil War in 1949.