Animal Smugglers Intercepted after Entering Taiwan via Kinmen

July 19, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment animal smuggling, Kinmen

Three men were intercepted by Aviation police on Kinmen after entering Taiwan from China with exotic animals hidden in mesh stockings attached to their legs, then attempting to board a flight to Taipei, today, July 19. The Taiwanese nationals were found to be carrying a total of 68 individuals consisting of four species of rodents and birds. The contraband included 32 ground squirrels (Spermophilus), 20 Japanese White-eye (bird: Zosterops japonicus), 8 ferrets, and 8 unidentified birds. Aviation police at Kinmen

gang members wield clubs and guns in Taipei City

Violent Crimes

July 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gang violence, heavenly-way-alliance, organized crime, Taipei City

Police in Taipei City are investigating two incidents where shots were fired in Taipei City last night, and seven suspects have been taken in for questioning. At around 11:00pm last night one shot was fired in an alley off Anhe Road, then at around 3:00am, 20 people armed with sticks and bats clamored in the car park of the Mortuary Service Office Second Funeral Parlor on Xinhai Road. More than ten shots were fired, at least one of which hit

Society

July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Chung Cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School, Kaohsiung City

A student lost vital signs, was resuscitated, and underwent brain surgery, after being hit with a brick during a fight with a classmate at a military prep school in Kaohsiung City today, July 16. During breakfast at the Chung Cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School this morning, two students had an argument after one student requested another to provide him with a cup of milk tea. According to media reports, the two second-year students, Chen, 17 years-old, and Luo, 18, went

Drugs

July 16, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Agriculture, cannabis, marijuana, Pingtung

Two farmers, both former national athletes, were arrested after a raid by police and coast guard found the men were growing cannabis among trees in an orchard in Pingtung County, July 14. After a 6 month long investigation, officers from a combined investigation team involving officers from coast guard and police units in Pingtung County and Kaohsiung City set up an ambush at 5:00am Saturday morning, and arrested the men when they arrived and began to spray pesticides on the

Odd News

July 14, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment claw machine, Taichung City

Firefighters in Taichung City broke the glass of a claw machine this afternoon, after a three year-old boy climbed into the machine and became trapped. Emergency services received a call from the boy’s distressed mother at 1:07pm. The woman told dispatchers that her son had crawled into the machine when she wasn’t paying attention. A firetruck, one ambulance, and 8 personnel were dispatched to scene. Firefighters tried to contact the machine’s owner, then contacted a locksmith in the neighborhood. The

an overweight man is put into an ambulance

Society

July 14, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment ambulance, Chiayi

A man in Chiayi City was fined NT$800 this morning after calling an ambulance because he was suffering from a headache. It was the 25th time he had called an ambulance this year due to minor, non-emergency ailments. At 8:44 this morning, the Chiayi Municipal Government Fire Department received a request for emergency assistance at a residence on Daya Road. When the ambulance arrived, the patient named Zhang told paramedics that he was suffering from a headache and wanted to

scooter after being hit by man who jumped from building

Society

July 13, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment suicide attempt, Taipei City, Wanhua District

Two men were hospitalized last night, after a man jumped from the 5th floor of a building in Taipei City’s Wanhua District and landed on a moving scooter. At around 8:45pm, July 12, a 34 year-old man named Chen, depressed due to unemployment, jumped from the roof of the building on Zhonghua Road. Chen hit a 29 year-old man named Lin who was riding a scooter at the time. Lin suffered a fractured left lower-leg, while Chen suffered multiple fractures

Typhoon

July 11, 2018July 11, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment hualien, search and rescue, suhua highway, Typhoon Maria

A woman in Hualien County spent the night precariously perched above the ocean after slipping 50 meters down a slope while Typhoon Maria swept over the island from yesterday to the early hours of this morning. Ms Lee, 56, a taxi driver from New Taipei City, was heading home from Hualien on the Suhua Highway sometime after 5:00pm when she stopped to take pictures from the roadside. While taking pictures, Ms Lee accidentally dropped her handbag, climbed over the guardrail

Aviation

July 9, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment plane crash, search and rescue

Three occupants of a light aircraft were rescued after the pilot put the plane down in the ocean off the coast of Kaohsiung City this evening, July 9. The Diamond Aircraft Industries 4-seat, single-engine DA40 aircraft belonging to Apex Flight Academy disappeared from radar screens southwest of Kaohsiung International Airport after sending a mayday message at around 5:10pm. The National Search and Rescue Command Center reported that two people had been airlifted out of the water by helicopter, while a

flight data recorder of f-16 fighter aircraft that crashed in Taiwan

Military Affairs

July 9, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment missing jet, plane crash, search and rescue

New Taipei City Firefighters today located and recovered the flight data recorder of an F-16 fighter that crashed in a mountainous district near Keelung during annual military exercises, June 4. Fire Bureau search and rescue personnel have been searching the steep terrain of the crash site for more than one month in an attempt to recover the data recorder after the aircraft crashed into a mountainside, killing pilot Major Wu Yan-ting (吳彥霆), during a simulated stealth attack on the Port

Typhoon

July 9, 2018July 9, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment typhoon, Typhoon Maria

Government units are making preparations ahead of Typhoon Maria, which is approaching the northern tip of Taiwan, and expected to bring strong wind gusts and heavy rain from Tomorrow evening, Tuesday, July 10, through Wednesday, July 11, according to Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau(CWB). At 8:00am this morning, Typhoon Maria, which is categorized as a category 5 “super typhoon” by the US Joint Typhoon Warning Center, was located 1,290 kilometers east of Taipei. The tropical storm is packing maximum sustained winds

Animal Smugglers Intercepted after Entering Taiwan via Kinmen

Shots Fired in Taipei City Two Times in One Night

Student Seriously Injured after Fight at Military Prep School

Farmers Busted Growing Pot in Pingtung

Toddler Rescued after Crawling into Claw Machine

Man Fined for calling Ambulance for the 25th time this Year

2 Injured After Man Jumps from 5th Floor and lands on Scooter Rider

Woman Survives Typhoon Night After Slipping Down Seaside Slope

Three Survive Crash-landing in Ocean

Crashed F-16 Flight Data Recorder Recovered after Month-long Search

Taiwan Battens Down the Hatches as Typhoon Maria Approaches