Banciao prosecutors yesterday indicted a man who hired a Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) carriage to hold a sex party.
Tsai Yu-lin (蔡育林), who organized the controversial party, was charged with sexual offenses and prosecutors requested a six-month prison sentence.
Three male assistants who are suspected of maintaining order in the carriage during the sex party and two female assistants, who stood by and provided condoms and towels, were also indicted on the same charges, and prosecutors requested two-month prison sentences.
Eighteen male participants — some of whom are suspected of performing sexual acts with a 17-year-old female, while others touched her body, were not indicted because there was no evidence that they knew she was under the age of 18, prosecutors said.
The Chinese-language Apple Daily reported that Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Yeh Yi-jin (葉宜津) had received a complaint about an online article saying that a group of 25 people had used a TRA carriage to hold a sex party on Feb. 19.
The report also said that the party organizer required all the men to dress in a suit and tie, and the women to wear formal office attire. Once aboard, the organizer allowed the men to perform sexual acts with a young woman.
The report said the 18 participants paid NT$800 each to attend the party.
Prosecutors launched an investigation after the incident was revealed. All 25 people involved were questioned.
Prosecutors said the carriage was part of a Chukuang-class train that ran from Cidu District (七堵), Keelung to Greater Kaohsiung on Feb. 19. The passengers boarded the train in Taipei at 3:25pm and disembarked in Jhunan (竹南), Hsinchu County, at 5:15pm.
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