NT$18,000 Forensics Tests to solve theft of NT$59 Bottle of Yogurt

December 2, 2018 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment forensics, Taipei City, theft

A university student in Taipei City forced police to run DNA tests to identify which one of her roommates consumed a bottle of drinking yogurt valued at NT$59 dollars. The tests are estimated to have cost the public NT$18,000, according to an Apple Daily report. The woman who is unnamed in the report, left the bottle of yogurt in the refrigerator in the house she shares with 5 other roommates of the private Chinese Culture University. After finding the empty

Animals

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment campus safety, hornet, Taipei City, vespa affinis

A group of schoolboys were taken to hospital for treatment today, after being stung by hornets at Guting Elementary School in Taipei City. According to an Apple Daily report, the boys were in the playground during their lunch break when a 5th grade boy began throwing a water bottle at a basketball-sized hornets’ nest perched around 5 meters up in a palm tree. The common banded hornets (Vespa affinis) responded by attacking and stinging 5 boys. The 5th grade boy

Traffic Accidents

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Beitou District, firefighter, Taipei City

A firefighter driving a firetruck back to the station after a mechanical inspection died this morning after the cabin flipped open, throwing him out of the vehicle. According to eyewitnesses, at around 9:10am, the truck approached an intersection on Dadu Road in Beitou District. When the driver applied the brakes to stop at the red light, the cabin flipped forward. The truck continued out of control for about 100 meters before crashing into a utility pole. The 45 year-old squad

Traffic Accidents

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment street racing, Taipei City

Three people are dead after an unlicensed driver lost control of his vehicle while racing a friend, and plowed into a sidewalk arcade on busy Nanjing East Road this evening, October 11. At around 5:45pm, a 21 year-old man named Hsieh, driving a black sedan, raced against his friend named Huang, who was driving a white sedan, crossing the double-yellow center lines while dodging cars and scooters in the near peak hour traffic conditions. Both men were unlicensed. Hsieh lost

Traffic Accidents

September 23, 2018September 23, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment drink-driving, drunk-driver, Taipei City

A drunk driver crashed into 3 women riding scooters in Taipei City this morning, killing one and injuring two, before hitting the sidewalk and demolishing a shopfront awning. At 5:35am, the 23 year-old driver of a black Toyota sedan side-swiped a scooter on Keelung Road, Section 3. The driver didn’t stop, but continued at high speed, hitting another two scooters. According to witnesses cited in Apple Daily, the driver then hit the brakes, but lost control of his vehicle and

Violent Crimes

August 10, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment kidnapping, Neihu District, random attack, Taipei City

Passersby rushed to the assistance of a woman and her daughter after a man grabbed the girl and attempted to wrest her away from her mother in Neihu District, Taipei City, Wednesday, August 8. At around 6:00pm a woman named Wu was walking hand in hand with her daughter on Minquan Road, when a man standing outside a cafe suddenly lunged forward and grabbed her 7 year-year-old daughter’s backpack. As Ms Wu pulled her daughter by the arm, the man

bus rollover accident on Yangde Boulevard

Traffic Accidents

July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment bus-accident, Taipei City

The driver of an empty school bus suffered broken ribs and bruises after the bus rolled over on a downhill section of Yangde Boulevard in Shilin District, Taipei City, this morning July 31. The bus had delivered students to Huaxing High School at 7:00am and was returning to the depot when, according to the 60 year-old driver, Mr Weng, the brakes failed as it was heading downhill. As the bus accelerated, it veered into the center of the road, knocking

Protest

July 20, 2018July 20, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment CKS Memorial Hall, Taipei City

The statue of Chiang Kai-shek at CKS Memorial Hall in Taipei City was splashed with red paint today, as Taiwan Independence activists protested wasting Taiwan’s resources on maintaining Chinese authoritarian relics. At around 9:30am, youth activists from the group From Ethnos to Nation (FETN) entered the memorial hall and threw paint bombs at the huge statue of former President of the Republic of China, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. The activists then unfurled banners in Taiwanese and English that read, “Eliminate Chinese

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

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

Traffic Accidents

July 7, 2018July 7, 2018 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment car-crash, Taipei City

A passenger traveling in a Lamborghini sports car, and a road maintenance worker are dead after the driver of the rented sports car lost control of the vehicle and hit a guardrail before plowing into a roadworks site. At around 5:00am this morning, the 24 year-old driver of the Lamborghini entered the Ziqiang Tunnel, which connects Shilin District and Neihu Districts in Taipei City. Dashcam footage from the vehicle behind the Lamborghini shows that the driver, named You, accelerated rapidly

Taipei City

NT$18,000 Forensics Tests to solve theft of NT$59 Bottle of Yogurt

5 Elementary School Students Stung by Hornets in Taipei City

Firefighter Killed After Truck Cabin Flips Open

Unlicensed, Street-racing Driver Kills 3 Pedestrians in Taipei City

Drunk Driver Kills 1, Injures 2 in Taipei City

Man Attempts to Snatch Girl in Random Street Attack

Bus Rolls Over after Suspected Brake Failure

CKS Statue Splashed with Red Paint at CKS Memorial Hall

Shots Fired in Taipei City Two Times in One Night

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

2 Dead 3 Injured After Lamborghini Crashes in Tunnel