A handful of judges are being held in detention as the investigation goes on regarding the recent corruption scandal involving the nation's top judicial officials. With the image significantly tarnished, the litigators have conducted an evaluation on the 114 judges at the Taipei High Administration Court.

Judges Tsai Kuang-chih and Lee Chun-ti are currently in detention as they await trial on corruption charges.

Public opinion of Taiwan's judicial system is at an all-time low due to a number of well-publicized bribery cases involving judges,

and the Judicial Reform Foundation recently asked litigators to rate and review the Taiwan High Administration Court's 114 judges on criteria including attitude, legal proceedings, and quality of rulings.

Unsurprisingly, Tsai, Tseng Teh-shui, and Lin Ming-chun received the lowest ratings in all three categories among all judges.

The Foundation says that the attorneys that took part in the survey were in the best position to rate the judges as they all had direct contact and interaction with the judges.

Due to the cost of conducting surveys, the JRF decided to only survey High Administration Court judges. It has been eight years since the last one was conducted.

The Foundation says that the integrity and credibility of judges can only be guaranteed if the government establishes an effective set of performance review mechanisms, and sub-par judges are periodically replaced.