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Typhoon victims awaiting justice

RESTITUTION A family that lost three members during flooding in Taipei's Neihu district district three years ago is still awaiting compensation from the city

By Ko Shu-ling  /  STAFF REPORTER

The court later acquitted the accused four environmental protection bureau members and sentenced Lee Kuo-lung (李國隆), the proprietor of Tienjan Mingyuan (天然明園), to one year in prison.

The case is currently under appeal at the Taiwan High Court.

The city's State Compensation Committee (國賠委員會) in February 1997 and March this year told the Cho family that no state compensation would be granted until the High Court had delivered its verdict.

Huang said that the committee's decision simply did not make sense.

"It should tell the family clearly whether the claim will be granted, instead of passing the buck to someone else," she said.

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