Overview
- Sakuliu Pavavaljung’s 2018 National Award for Arts was revoked by Taiwan’s National Culture and Arts Foundation, which also ordered him to repay the NT$1 million prize and removed his name from the award website.
- Taiwan’s Supreme Court on April 1 upheld his four-and-a-half-year prison sentence for forcible sexual intercourse.
- The Pingtung District Court first convicted him in January 2025, saying he violated the complainant’s sexual autonomy and caused severe psychological harm.
- The case followed late-2021 social media posts by former students that described assaults and prompted a police investigation in Pingtung, which he denied at the time.
- The revocation is reported as the first test of MeToo-era disqualification rules adopted in 2023, a step that could shape how Taiwan handles future honors tied to misconduct findings.