Taichung night club facing charges of public obscenity, now being investigated for animal cruelty to alpaca

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment nightlife, Taichung City

A newly-opened nightclub in Taichung City faced two run-ins with the law in the last week after dancers simulated a sex act on stage, on one occasion, and an Alpaca was brought into the club on another. The night club was investigated by police after a dance performance on January 10 saw two female dancers, wearing skin-tight, skin-colored tights, sitting on top of a male dancer and gyrating their hips in a simulated sex act. A member of the audience

Health and Safety

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drunk driving, Taichung City, workplace-safety

A road repair worker in Taichung City died after he was accidentally run over by a road roller driven by a colleague who was over the legal blood alcohol limit, yesterday, December 29. At around 7:00 pm, a 36-year-old man named Ding (丁) was working on a road repair site on Xiang-shang Road in Taichung West District, when he put the vehicle into reverse, accidentally running over his 61-year-old co-worker, named Zou (鄒). Other workers screamed out, alerting Ding to

Animals

December 6, 2020December 7, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Asian giant hornet, hornet attack, Taichung City

A police officer remained calm, and endured a Asian giant hornet gnawing into the flesh and cartilage of his ear for five minutes in order to avoid being stung, yesterday, December 5. Zhang Wen-long (張文勇), 51, was on duty at the Dajia River Power Plant at around 9:00 am, when the Asian giant hornet landed on the side of his face. Realizing the danger of being stung in the temple by the venomous insect, Zhang remained calm and avoided swiping

Violent Crimes

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment homicide, Taichung City

Six people have been detained after an investigation turned up the remains of a 16-year-old girl, and a 54-year-old man, both stuffed into plastic barrels, and hidden in separate locations in Miaoli County, and Taichung City. According to media reports, the two murder victims were killed at different times for reasons unrelated to each other. The female, named Tsai, is believed to have been murdered in 2017, while the male victim, named Huang, was killed in 2019. China Times reported

Fire

September 19, 2020September 19, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gas explosion, Taichung City

A family of three died when a gas explosion tore through their three-story residence, and a man in a neighboring house also died in the resulting fire, in the early hours of the morning today, September 19. The Taichung City Fire Bureau responded to emergency reports about an explosion in Longjing District at 4:17 am. Firefighters brought two fires under control by 5:08 am, only to find the charred remains of four people. In the house where the blast occurred,

police stand guard over man sleeping on road

Society

September 12, 2020September 12, 2020 Phillip Charlier 2 Comments drunk people, Taichung City, Taiwan police

Police officers in Taichung City set up traffic cones and stood guard to protect a man who was so drunk he fell asleep on the road at an intersection in South District. Police were called to the scene shortly before 4:30 am, after a man alighted from a taxi, then promptly fell asleep on the road. Police were unable to rouse the man from his sleep, and fire bureau paramedics were not allowed to take the man for medical treatment

Traffic Accidents

July 13, 2020July 13, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment bus-accident, National Freeway, Taichung City

Thirteen people were treated for slight injuries after a bus rear-ended a truck on National Highway 1 this afternoon in Taichung City. Emergency services responded to a report of the accident in the northbound lanes of the Fengyuan section at 4:17 pm. The most serious injury was a fractured arm suffered by the driver of the Kuo-Kuang company intercity bus. The rest of the injured were passengers of the bus, two of whom suffered broken teeth, and others scratches and

bus driver seen performing a sniff-test to migrant workers before allowing them to board

Society

July 5, 2020July 6, 2020 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment bus, migrant workers, Taichung City

A bus company in Taichung City will face a fine after one of its drivers was caught refusing service to migrant workers he deemed to be wearing too much “perfume.” The driver of the Taichung No. 97 bus was caught red handed on video stepping off the bus and sniff-testing three migrant workers, before allowing two to board, and rejecting a third, who he had deemed to be wearing an excessive amount of fragrance. The video also shows the bus

Animals

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cobra, snake-bite, Taichung City

A woman in Taichung City was bitten by a cobra while she was cooking lunch in her kitchen, yesterday, June 25. Taichung City fire bureau received a report of a snakebite in Qingshui District at 10:43 am. Fire bureau ambulance officers found that a 64-year-old woman named Hsu had been bitten on her foot by an unidentified snake. Ms Hsu said that she had just put a pot of water on the stove to boil when she felt a sharp

Fire

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment gas explosion, Taichung City

Nine people were injured after a gas explosion in a beef noodle restaurant in Taichung City this evening, June 23. Shortly before 6:00 pm, two explosions blasted the restaurant near the intersection of Fenghe and Liming Roads in Nantun District, sending shards of glass across the road, injuring staff, customers, people passing by on the street, and even injuring one person at another noodle restaurant on the other side of the road. The Taichung City fire bureau received reports of

Stupid Stuff

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment electric shock, Taichung City, Taiwan Railway Administration

A 26-year-old man suffered burn injuries to his lower body, after he clambered onto the roof of a train and came into contact with overhead power lines at Wuri Station in Taichung City, yesterday, February 3. A train conductor was called to one of the train carriages shortly before the incident at around 1:15 pm, after receiving a complaint that a man was harassing passengers on the local commuter train. The offending passenger, named Wu, alighted from the train after

Taichung City

Taichung night club facing charges of public obscenity, now being investigated for animal cruelty to alpaca

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Cops stand guard over drunk man asleep on road in Taichung City

13 injured in freeway bus accident

Bus driver busted sniff-testing migrant workers: refusing service to the overly-perfumed

Woman bitten by cobra while cooking in the kitchen

Nine injured in Taichung City restaurant gas explosion

Man suffers electric shock after climbing onto train roof