Taipei District prosecutors yesterday indicted a man for sexual assault, but asked the court for a lighter sentence after he agreed to move far away from the victim.
The man, surnamed Lin (林), broke into the home of his neighbor last September. Lin, 28, claimed he managed to get in by using a set of keys he had found “accidentally.”
Wearing nothing but a hood on his head and socks, Lin tried to force himself on the sleeping woman, who was alone at home.
When the young woman woke up and realized what was happening, she started screaming, sending Lin running from the scene.
Lin, who has a regular job and no past criminal record, told police and prosecutors that he went to the victim's house in the morning because he knew the girl would be alone in her home at that time.
He said he regretted what he did and had disposed of the things, such as the articles of clothes he was wearing at the crime scene and the victim's house keys.
After the incident, the young woman pleaded with prosecutors, saying she did not ever want to see the man again.
Prosecutors told Lin and his family that if they agreed to move out of the neighborhood and away from the girl's place of residence by the end of last year, the prosecution would request that the court hand down a lighter sentence.
Lin complied with the prosecutors' request and moved out last year.
Taiwanese can file complaints with the Tourism Administration to report travel agencies if their activities caused termination of a person’s citizenship, Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (邱垂正) said yesterday, after a podcaster highlighted a case in which a person’s citizenship was canceled for receiving a single-use Chinese passport to enter Russia. The council is aware of incidents in which people who signed up through Chinese travel agencies for tours of Russia were told they could obtain Russian visas and fast-track border clearance, Chiu told reporters on the sidelines of an event in Taipei. However, the travel agencies actually applied
New measures aimed at making Taiwan more attractive to foreign professionals came into effect this month, the National Development Council said yesterday. Among the changes, international students at Taiwanese universities would be able to work in Taiwan without a work permit in the two years after they graduate, explainer materials provided by the council said. In addition, foreign nationals who graduated from one of the world’s top 200 universities within the past five years can also apply for a two-year open work permit. Previously, those graduates would have needed to apply for a work permit using point-based criteria or have a Taiwanese company
The Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office yesterday indicted two Taiwanese and issued a wanted notice for Pete Liu (劉作虎), founder of Shenzhen-based smartphone manufacturer OnePlus Technology Co (萬普拉斯科技), for allegedly contravening the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例) by poaching 70 engineers in Taiwan. Liu allegedly traveled to Taiwan at the end of 2014 and met with a Taiwanese man surnamed Lin (林) to discuss establishing a mobile software research and development (R&D) team in Taiwan, prosecutors said. Without approval from the government, Lin, following Liu’s instructions, recruited more than 70 software
Chinese spouse and influencer Guan Guan’s (關關) residency permit has been revoked for repeatedly posting pro-China videos that threaten national security, the National Immigration Agency confirmed today. Guan Guan has said many controversial statements in her videos posted to Douyin (抖音), including “the red flag will soon be painted all over Taiwan” and “Taiwan is an inseparable part of China,” and expressing hope for expedited reunification. The agency last year received multiple reports alleging that Guan Guan had advocated for armed reunification. After verifying the reports, the agency last month issued a notice requiring her to appear and explain her actions. Guan
RSS