Indigenous Man Fully Exonerated of Illegal Hunting Charges
An Indigenous Bunun man who was sentenced for killing protected species has had the ruling overturned by Taiwan's supreme court. He had already been pardoned by President Tsai Ing-wen but the new ruling fully clears his record.
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00:00 Taiwan's Supreme Court has overturned a guilty verdict for an indigenous man who hunted protected
00:06 animals.
00:07 Tama Talum is a member of Taiwan's indigenous Bunong tribe.
00:11 In 2013, he hunted protected species for his sick mother to make traditional indigenous
00:17 food.
00:18 Talum killed the animals without permission using an illegal homemade firearm.
00:23 He was sentenced to three and a half years behind bars.
00:26 In 2021, President Tsai Ing-wen pardoned Talum out of respect for indigenous traditions,
00:31 but the pardon did not acquit him of the ruling, only the punishment.
00:35 The court's ruling now clears his record.