Proposal adopted to amend law to prevent convicts from fleeing

The Judicial Yuan, Taiwan's highest judicial organ, approved a proposal Wednesday to revise the law governing criminal procedure to prevent convicts like former independent lawmaker Lo Fu-chu from running away before beginning their jail terms.

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