Pink legal notice - any way to lookup case number online so I know what this is about?

A notice arrived at my business address requesting I go to the listed police precinct. There is a case number and I am curious what this could be about. Is there a way I could check online?

I registered a Taiwan company 8 years ago to bill consulting clients. It’s a broad mandate so I can do anything from provide business advice to importing or exporting goods. So I am unaware what this lawsuit could be about at the moment. Will visit the police station tomorrow (a merry Christmas indeed - bah humbug!)

What does it say? Is it a criminal charge?

Usually that’s what the pink stuff is about. Like a court summon or something.

But usually if you have a criminal charge, or is suspected of wrongdoing, then you’ll get summons to go to the police station for a statement.

But then if you got a court summon over some court cases, I don’t know. I know you can check online, or call the relevant court to find out exactly what’s going on.

It can be a civil or administrative case.There was posted a tip on civil cases.

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It does not indicate on the notice what type of lawsuit it is - civil or criminal. It just says to bring my company chop and the pink slip to the police precinct listed and if I cannot make it by 15 Dec (it looks like it was issued 14 Dec) then I have up to 2 months to pick up the summons at that police station.

Well if it’s company related, probably civil.

After all it is not YOU that is being summoned, it is the company or their representative that is.

My wife says it’s a civil case - it seems to say so on the notice. I’ll pick up the summons this morning and see what it is specifically about

I’m not being sued. I’m being called to testify as a witness in a former colleague’s libel lawsuit vs our former employer.

I really should learn to read Chinese. Some day (yeah, right)

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For Civil cases You could take a look in the following law about Witness

Item 2 Examination of Witnesses- Taiwan Code of Civil Procedure
Articles from 298 to 323

For Criminal cases You could take a look in the following law about Witness

Section 2 - WITNESS of the Code of Criminal Procedure
Articles from 175 to 196

https://law.judicial.gov.tw/LAWENG//FLAW/dat02.aspx?LSID=FL001362&lawNumber=298&TypeSort=5

https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawParaDeatil.aspx?pcode=C0010001&bp=16

more sources of information (in Chinese)

https://ksh.judicial.gov.tw/chinese/FAQ_d.aspx?s=44&pa=10058&n=10112

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