Execution Resumed
On April 30, 2010, Tseng Yung-Fu gave order to 4 executions, ending the 52-month moratorium. Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, of the European Union deplored the executions and hoped the Taiwanese authorities to abolish capital punishment.
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