Killer of 6 drags his feet: execution delayed for an hour

Weng Ren-xian gives the finger to the media after being sentenced to death

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment arson, death penalty, execution, homicide

A man convicted of killing five family members and a foreign caregiver in an arson attack was executed at the Taipei City Detention Center last night, after being dragged to the execution ground by a bailiff, and the prison administrator, according to reports in Taiwan’s local media. The Crime Lunar New Year’s Eve, February 7, 2016, Weng Ren-xian (翁仁賢), then 50, took advantage of the annual family gathering at their home in Longtan District, Taoyuan City, to inflict maximum damage

A prisoner convicted of murder of wife and child

Violent Crimes

September 2, 2018September 2, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment death penalty, execution

Taiwan’s opposition KMT party has questioned the timing of the execution of a prisoner, after the ruling DPP broke a more than two-year long hiatus, and executed a man just a few months before nationwide municipal elections scheduled for November 24. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) spokesperson Hung Meng-kai (洪孟楷) suggested that the Tsai administration had engaged in selective law enforcement in an effort to pander to the electorate with a show of being tough on crime. On Friday, August 31,