Taiwan Docs

Much like the stories of the 700,000 other migrant workers in Taiwan, Vietnamese man NGUYEN Quoc Phi, who enjoyed singing, became a runaway worker in the ugly and complex migrant worker system. With his expertise in construction work, he was a leader of a group of migrants to work in Hsinchu. He dreamed of saving up enough money so he could start his own business back in his home country.

Unfortunately, one day in 2017, NGUYEN was reported for a car theft and ended up being shot nine times by policeman officer CHEN Chung-wen. NGUYEN bled to death on the way to the hospital. The Taiwanese public supported CHEN’s use of firearms against the runaway migrant who resisted arrest and with records of drug use. Were the nine shots the only cause of NGUYEN’s death? When the perpetrator isn’t necessarily the true perpetrator, is the imperfect victim the one to blame?