[5] Lee frequently took his students to visit juvenile prisons and correctional institutions, providing post-guidance counseling for troubled youth.

[6] Concurrently, Shen began working part-time at a cram school, where he taught criminal law to students preparing for the civil service exams, using the alias "Puma" (transliterated as 撲馬, Pūmǎ in Chinese).

"[4][9] After returning to Taiwan, Shen served as a faculty member at the Institute of Criminology, National Taipei University (NTPU).

[10][7] He held various positions, including a member of the Ill-gotten Party Assets Settlement Committee (2018–2020),[11][12][13][14] director of Taiwan's official media Central News Agency,[15] vice chairman of the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, co-founder of the civil defense education institution Kuma Academy,[16] and the DoublethinkLab [zh] (台灣民主實驗室).

[22] Shen's wife, Tseng Hsin-hui (Chinese: 曾心慧; pinyin: Zēng Xīnhuì), is a lawyer who also teaches civil law at a cram school, using the pseudonym Chihiro (千尋).