The Ministry of Justice said on Saturday that it is hiring a lawyer in England to investigate the assets of a British citizen found guilty in a fatal hit-and-run on behalf of the family of the victim in the case.
The investigation of assets is to be carried out in an effort to ensure payment of compensation to the victim’s family, the ministry said.
On May 23, the High Court in London ruled that Zain Dean should pay NT$9 million (US$300,000) in civil damages to the family of Huang Chun-te (黃俊德), as ordered by a Taiwanese court. Dean has not appealed the ruling.
Huang, a newspaper delivery man, died after being run over by a car allegedly driven by Dean in the early hours of March 25, 2010.
According to the ministry, if the investigation finds that Dean has disposed of his assets or is financially unable to pay the money at present, the family would obtain a debt obligation from a British court that would allow seizure of Dean’s assets or income in the future.
Dean, who was head of a British company’s Taiwan office, was sentenced to four years in prison in July 2012 on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, manslaughter and committing a hit-and-run offense.
Using a friend’s passport, Dean fled Taiwan the following month.
On June 11, the Edinburgh Sheriff Court ruled that Dean should be extradited to Taiwan to serve his sentence. The Scottish secretary of justice approved the extradition on Aug. 1.
Dean has the right to appeal the extradition ruling.
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