Taiwanese Student Arrested in US for Threatening School Shooting

March 29, 2018January 19, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment

A Taiwanese exchange student studying in Pennsylvania told fellow students not to come to school May 1 because he was going to “shoot-up” the school. Then he said that he was “just kidding.” Associated Press reported that 18 year-old An Tso Sun was arrested Wednesday for making terroristic threats. A search of his accommodation revealed a high-powered crossbow, live ammunition, ammunition clip pouches, and a bullet-proof vest. Investigators also found evidence on Sun’s school-issued tablet that showed Sun had researched

Society

March 28, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment New Taipei Bridge, New Taipei City

Police are on the hunt for three daredevils who climbed to the top of a 135.75 meter high tower on New Taipei Bridge in Sanchong District of New Taipei City recently. Photographs of the stunt were uploaded to an Instagram account belonging to a 21 year old student named Lee Hansheng, who attends National Taiwan College of Performing Arts. Lee is known as a street performer and has taken similar high-altitude photographs in Japan, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong. Many

Society

March 27, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Ed Royce, international-relations, legislative-yuan, Taiwan Travel Act

US Congressman Ed Royce who sponsored and championed the Taiwan Travel Act, which was signed into law by the US President March 16, was awarded the Congressional Honorary Medal of the Legislative Yuan today, March 27. Legislative Yuan Speaker Su Jia-chyuan conferred the award at a ceremony where he thanked Royce for his hard work and support of Taiwan. Su said that he was very honored to invite Royce, Chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, to

suspect shot by police in Kaohsiung City

Crime and Criminals

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment guns, Kaohsiung City, police shooting

Police opened fire on an armed suspect in Kaohsiung City this morning after the man allegedly aimed his gun at an officer and pulled the trigger. According to media reports, the gun jammed, and officers returned fire. One bullet hit the suspect who later died in hospital. United Daily News reported that police from the Public Safety Corps of the Kaohsiung City Police Department approached a suspicious car at around 3:30am in Sanmin District, and ordered the 3 male occupants

sulfuric acid containers on a road in Taoyuan City

Traffic Accidents

March 26, 2018 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments chemical spill, Taoyuan

A chemical tanker spilled approximately 9 tonnes of sulfuric acid on a road in Taoyuan City this afternoon when 9 out of ten containers fell off as the truck was rounding a corner. The accident happened at the 24 kilometer mark on route 15. The Taoyuan City Fire Bureau dispatched 10 appliances and 26 firefighters to the scene of the accident. Police blocked the road to traffic while the North District Specialized Technical Team For Environmental Accidents was dispatched from

Society

March 26, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment fire, Ilan County, tomb sweeping day

Tomb Sweeping Day (Ching Ming Festival) falls on April 5 this year, and as usual in the weeks preceding the festival, many families are getting in early to clean up family plots in cemeteries around Taiwan. In Ilan County alone, firefighters were called to 32 wildfires on the weekend of March 24-25, with 20 of the fires breaking out on Sunday. Ilan County Fire Bureau said that firefighters were exhausted. The bureau blamed carelessness, dry conditions, and wind, for the

Animals Marine and Fisheries

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cetacean, dwarf sperm whale, whale rescue

Taipei City Ocean Education Resource Center and the Taiwan Cetacean Society set up an emergency rescue pool at Guandu Elementary School to accommodate a dwarf sperm whale found stranded on a beach near Jinshan yesterday. It is the first case of cetacean rescue and school cooperation. The dwarf sperm whale was found stranded on Jinqing Beach by the 21st Coastal Patrol Squadron at around 11:00am, March 20. The cetacean is a mature female about 280 centimeters long. A veterinary assessment

Society

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment human trafficking, illegal immigration, people-smuggling, Taitung

Two Vietnamese nationals died when an inflatable raft overturned while attempting to land on a beach in Taitung County this morning. Another 3 illegal immigrants, and two Taiwanese people-smugglers were arrested after a search of the area. Coast Guard officers from Kaohsiung intercepted a fishing boat carrying 16 Vietnamese at around 2:30am, 12.5 nautical miles off the east coast of Pingtung County. Meanwhile, at around 2:17am, officers of the coast guard’s 10th squadron in Taitung County detected by radar a

Violent Crimes

March 19, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, murder, Tainan City

A man in Tainan City is believed to have killed his landlord over a dispute over rent yesterday, Sunday, March 18. Police arrested a man in Xinhua District of Tainan City after 60 year-old Mr Yu was reported missing by his family. Mr Yu’s body was later found in a field beside an isolated mountain road in Guanmiao Township. A 20 year-old man named Chen confessed to the murder, telling police that he had been dissatisfied at Yu’s attempts to

Traffic Accidents

March 17, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment hit and run, Kaohsiung City

The driver of a car in Kaohsiung City fled on foot this morning, after drifting into oncoming traffic lanes and bowling over two scooters. Three people were injured in the accident, including a woman who is reported to be in the intensive care unit with crush injuries to her left leg. At around 7:30am this morning, a small, black coupe driven by a man named Yang slowly drifted into oncoming traffic on Pingdeng Road in Fengshan District. After hitting two

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