Missing hiker rescued after 10 days with no food, and immobile due to injury

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment mountain rescue, Pingtung County, search and rescue

A man who went missing after being separated from a hiking group on June 6 was found alive, but injured yesterday June 16. Yang Xin-zheng ( 楊欣正 ), 52, became separated from a 15-person group of colleagues while hiking on Pengji Mountain in Pingtung County June 6. Pingtung County Fire Bureau mounted a large scale search for Yang, a hospital deputy administrative director, on the evening of the same day. Search efforts were hampered by steep terrain and constant rain.

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June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Kaohsiung City, mental illness, police officers injured, police shooting

Kaohsiung City police shot a man in the hand after he cut three police officers and stabbed another, during an attempt to get the man into compulsory treatment for mental illness today, June 8. Four police officers from the Nanzih police precinct accompanied by a psychiatrist from the Health Bureau went to a man’s residence at around 3:00 pm, after it was reported that the man had been suffering psychosis, not taking his medication, and had been frequently going out

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March 28, 2020March 29, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drink-driving, police shooting, police-chase, Taoyuan City

Police in Taoyuan City shot at a car, accidentally hitting a woman sitting in the back seat, after the driver rammed a police vehicle, then drove at the officers last night, March 27. Officers from a police station in Bade District were on a routine patrol on Jieshou Road at around 11:40 pm when they spotted a suspected drunk driver, according reports in Liberty Times and United Daily News. The officers signaled the driver, a 48-year-old man named Wu (

David and Charlene Alexander arrive in Tainan City January 7, 2020

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January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 Phillip Charlier 3 Comments missionaries in Taiwan, Taiwan Presidential Elections

A couple who lived in Taiwan for 39 years before retiring to the USA in 2018, arrived in Taiwan this week so they could vote in the upcoming Presidential election, Saturday, January 11. David Alexander, already a veteran of the Vietnam War, and Charlene Bos, first met in Taiwan when they were both working in English language programs for the Presbyterian Church in 1976. As David wrote on his blog Aboksu: “At that time Taiwan was listed as one of

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November 22, 2019November 23, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Hualien County, illegal immigration, visa overstay

An elderly man will be assisted back to Japan after Hualien County police found that he had overstayed his tourist visa by 36 years. Mr Hori, 82, arrived in Taiwan on a tourist visa in 1983, according to National Immigration Agency records. Mr Hori told police that after his arrival, he had become involved in a mining venture in Hualian County’s Yuli Township. Hori worked as an engineer maintaining drilling machinery and explosives. However, when the venture failed, Hori had

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August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment child-abuse, domestic violence, vigilante, Yunlin County

Around 50 police officers were dispatched to a township in Yunlin County last night after social media users threatened to hunt down a man who was seen violently kicking a small girl outside a residential community. A video was uploaded to Facebook showing a couple with two small children on a street outside a building in Xiluo Township, when the man suddenly hit and kicked the girl, who appears around 5 years old. The couple and children then left in

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July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment MRT, New Taipei City, Taipei Metro

A man was taken to hospital to receive stitches to his head after an altercation over leg space led to a fight on an MRT train this morning, July 18. At around 8:00am, two men boarded a train at Yongning Station on the MRT Blue line, and took seats beside each other. As the train headed toward Taipei City, Mr Shi, 53, became irritated by 42-year-old Mr Zeng’s “domineering, wide-open legs” (ET Today) pushing up against his thighs and taking

police searching for missing child at night market

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June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment false report, missing child, Tainan City

A woman in Tainan City, suspected to be suffering from postpartum depression, sent police on a wild goose chase yesterday, after she handed her 5-day-old baby to a woman she had met on the Internet, then reported him missing. The 25-year-old first-time mother, named Shi (施), was staying in a postpartum rest center, and was apparently dissatisfied with her husband’s lack of attention. When Shi’s husband, Mr Lin, 27, declined to take her to the night market, and instead went

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June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments migrant workers, police brutality, police shooting, racism

A police officer who shot a naked, unarmed man dead in Hsinchu County two years ago pleaded in his defense yesterday that he did not notice the first four shots he fired at close range had penetrated the victim, because the man was “dark skinned”. The defendant’s statement in court was greeted by shudders, as the case already tainted by allegations of racism, unfolded in yesterday’s trial. On August 31, 2017, the young police officer, Chen Chung-wen (陳崇文), then 22

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June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment child-abuse, mob, Taichung City, vigilante

Police arrested several people who clashed with police and trespassed on a property in Taichung City last night, after a mob of around 500 people gathered to demand the arrest and detention of a woman suspected to have inflicted severe physical abuse on a child in her care. Friday morning, June 21, a one-year-old girl was sent to hospital suffering intracranial hemorrhage, a fractured arm, and severe bruising on her head, chest, and back. The babysitter, Ms Guo, who had

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June 8, 2019June 8, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cannabis, drug laws, hemp seed oil

Narcotics control authorities in Kaohsiung City warned the public not to purchase oil of unclear origin after traces of THC were detected in flax seed oil imported into Taiwan. After being informed by a member of the public, officials from the Kaohsiung City Government Department of Substance Abuse Control and Prevention were shocked to find that people were openly selling hemp seed oil products on the Internet. The bureau also cited a case of a woman who imported flax seed

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Missing hiker rescued after 10 days with no food, and immobile due to injury

Man shot after injuring four police officers with a knife

Female passenger dies after police fire at car during drunk-driver chase

American Taiwanese citizens travel more than 12,000 kilometers to vote for a free and democratic Taiwan

Elderly Japanese man found to have overstayed his tourist visa for 36 years

Police dispatched to head off vigilantes after child abuse video uploaded to social media

Manspreading incident leads to punch-up on the Taipei Metro

Woman lends newborn to stranger then reports him missing to get back at husband

Cop who shot unarmed foreigner dead claims in defense: Couldn’t see blood for dark skin

Vigilantes clash with police over suspected child abuse case in Taichung City

Taiwan’s Reefer Madness extends to hemp seed oil: Public cautioned