Prison administrators face challenge as number of elderly prisoners increases

June 8, 2019June 8, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Agency of Corrections, aging society, prison administration, prisoner rights

As Taiwan faces the challenges of an aging population, prison administrators are also encountering the problem of an increase in the number of elderly prisoners requiring special care behind bars. According to statistics of the Ministry of Justice, Agency of Corrections, the number of elderly prisoners first exceeded 1,000 out of the total population of 60,000 inmates in 2015, and has been increasing year by year ever since. At the end of April, 2019, the number of prisoners over 65

Decorations at a household registration office on the first day of legal same-sex marriage in Taiwan

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May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment marriage equality, same-sex-marriage

Hundreds of same-sex couples registered marriages around Taiwan today, as legislation passed May 17 came into effect. According to an SETN report, the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) recorded 363 same-sex marriage registrations nationwide by 2:00pm, including 116 male couples, and 247 female couples. As some Household Registration offices will be open until 8:30pm, the MOI will release the final figures for today’s marriage registrations at 9:00pm. China Times reports that the National Immigration Agency (NIA) received the first same-sex

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May 23, 2019May 23, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment building fall, New Taipei City, Sanchong District

A man who jumped from a third-floor residence in New Taipei City while holding his one-year-old daughter last Sunday died today, after life support systems were removed. At around 11:00pm Sunday evening, the 23-year-old man named Lin had an argument with his 19-year-old ex-wife, named Dong (董), at a residence the divorced couple shared in Sanchong District. When Lin’s ex-wife, left with their 6-month-old son, Lin took the 18-month-old girl and jumped from a window. When Ms Dong reached the

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May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment pinhole camera, Taipei City, voyeur

A 46 year-old computer engineer was arrested in Zhonghe District yesterday after pinhole cameras were found in two toilets in Taipei City in recent days. On Friday, May 3, a man named Wang noticed a suspicious hole in a toilet plunger placed next to a toilet in a convenience store. Mr Wang turned the plunger over and found a pinhole camera installed inside the suction cup. Police began an investigation and found that the camera had around two hours of

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April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment fuerdai, Taitung County

The son of a wealthy businessman was arrested in the early hours of the morning today, after an investigation into a video showing him pretending to perform a sex act on a police officer when the officer bent over to write a speeding ticket. February 24 this year, Lee Weide (李威德), 25, was traveling with friends in Cheng-gong Township, Taitung County, when he was pulled over by a police officer for speeding. A video of the incident uploaded to social

Ladder truck involved in rescue of boy who fell from 17th floor.

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April 15, 2019April 16, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment building fall, Kaohsiung City

A boy in Kaohsiung City is in a serious condition, but conscious and able to speak, after falling from his family’s 17th floor apartment onto a second floor awning this evening, April 15. At around 5:35pm, neighbors called emergency services after being alerted to the fall by the boy’s mother’s screams. Firefighters who attended the incident on the corner of Guanxing Street and Mingcheng Road, found the boy conscious and writhing in pain. “My stomach hurts,” the boy said. The

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April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Hsinchu County

A 40-year-old man accused by a 17-year-old French girl of using his position of power and influence to entice her into a sex act, had charges against him dropped after prosecutors decided the relationship was probably consensual. Local media reports say that a hearing was held by Hsinchu District Prosecutors yesterday, April 8. It appears from the reports that the alleged victim was not present at the hearing, and that evidence was presented from statements made to police, and the

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April 2, 2019December 8, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment sexual harassment, Tainan City

A man of Canadian nationality was arrested in Tainan City in the early hours of the morning today, after shoving a police officer responding to reports that the man was hitting a parked car with a motorcycle helmet, according to reports in Liberty Times, and United Daily News. The 46-year-old man was reported to police after allegedly harassing a female convenience store clerk on March 31, and April 1. Police responded to reports several times, and twice brought the man,

A suspect is paraded in front of media after

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March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment abandoned baby, foreign workers, New Taipei City

Police arrested a 20-year-old Vietnamese national today after identifying her as the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned on a sidewalk in New Taipei City earlier today, March 27. Police made the arrest in Banqiao District at around noon, after a 12-hour investigation, that included tracing the suspect via traffic monitor footage, and using information printed on the cardboard box the baby was found in. Ms Ruan (阮), according to media reports, worked for an electronics company as a

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March 27, 2019March 28, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment abandoned baby, New Taipei City

Ambulance personnel found a newborn baby dumped in a cardboard box in Zhonghe District, New Taipei City, after responding to a report shortly after midnight this morning, March 27. Update: Mother identified. The baby girl still had the umbilical cord attached, and vital signs were stable. The infant was covered with a cloth, but had a lower than normal temperature, and was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment. Police accessed traffic monitor footage from the site in Zhongyuan Street, and

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March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment ambulance, ambulance blocking

A driver who remained in the fast lane of the freeway, and refused to yield to an ambulance carrying a child in critical condition, was fined and had their license revoked, police said today, March 12. The National Highway police Bureau said that yesterday morning, an ambulance carrying a critically-ill child from a hospital in Taichung City to Taipei Veteran’s General hospital was impeded by the driver of a black Ford sedan on the Jhubei to Hukou Road section. The

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Prison administrators face challenge as number of elderly prisoners increases

Hundreds of couples register same-sex marriage, first foreign spouse applies for family visa

Man who jumped from building with 1-year-old daughter dies

Suspect arrested after pinhole cameras found in Taipei City toilets

Playboy arrested after pretending to sodomize police officer on video

11-year-old boy survives 15-floor fall

Prosecutors drop charges against Taiwanese man accused of sexually assaulting French exchange student

Canadian arrested in Tainan after damaging car and shoving police officer

Mother of abandoned newborn identified and arrested

Newborn baby found abandoned in cardboard box in New Taipei City

Road hog’s license revoked after failing to yield to ambulance