Prosecutor Wu Hsin-lan of this Office has concluded the investigation into defendant Li Pin-hao for alleged violations of the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act and offenses against privacy, and has officially filed a public prosecution with the Taiwan Chiayi District Court. To balance public safety prevention with the protection of student privacy, this Office strictly adheres to child and youth protection regulations and provides the following moderate summary of the case within the scope permitted by law:

I. Investigation Process

The defendant, Li Pin-hao, is a teacher at a high school in Chiayi County. The case arose when a victim noticed suspicious activity in the bathroom of the defendant's rented apartment (located on the 2nd Floor, No. 67-3, Tianliao, Heping Village, Zhuqi Township, Chiayi County) and reported it to the police. The Zhuqi Precinct of the Chiayi County Police Bureau reported the case to the prosecutor of this Office to direct the investigation, and a search warrant was requested from and granted by the Taiwan Chiayi District Court. On May 18, 2026 (Year 115 of the Republic Era), the special task force executed the search warrant at the aforementioned address and seized one mobile phone and one tablet, among other items.

II. Brief Facts of the Crime

Driven by the intent to manufacture sexual images of children and youths, secretly record sexual images of others without consent, and breach privacy, Li Pin-hao invited students he taught to his rented apartment between June 11, 2025, and May 13, 2026. He set up a mobile phone with the recording function activated in the bathroom, secretly filming the private body parts and sexual images of one adult and nine minor students who used the restroom, totaling 13 instances. This severely infringed upon the victims' sexual privacy and their healthy physical and mental development.

III. Statutory Charges and Prosecution Opinions

Regarding the adult victim, the defendant’s actions constitute offenses under the Criminal Code of secretly recording non-public activities of others without consent and secretly recording sexual images of others without consent; the court is requested to impose punishment under the single heaviest offense of secretly recording sexual images of others without consent. Regarding the minor victims, the defendant’s actions also violate the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act; the court is requested to impose punishment under the single heaviest offense of manufacturing sexual images of juveniles.

The defendant’s 13 acts against 10 victims should be penalized separately and combined. The seized mobile phone and electromagnetic records should be confiscated in accordance with the law. Considering that the defendant, as an educator, failed to protect his students and instead exploited their trust to satisfy his personal desires, the prosecutor requests the court to impose a severe sentence and specifically seeks a prison term of four years.

IV. Public Appeal of this Office

Teaching personnel are duty-bound to protect and guide students. This Office maintains a principle of strict and swift investigation regarding illegal acts that exploit authority or the teacher-student trust relationship to secretly film, violate others' sexual privacy, or exploit the sexual rights and interests of children and youths. We will actively investigate and show zero tolerance to safeguard public morals and the physical and mental safety of students.