The New Taipei District Court on Friday sentenced a massage therapist to 12-and-a-half years in prison for sexually assaulting nine boys.
Wu Yi-chun (吳奕淳), 44, was found guilty of 14 counts of aggravated sexual assault, as well as breaches of the Child and Youth Sexual Exploitation Prevention Act (兒童及少年性剝削防制條例), the court filing showed.
The ruling can be appealed.
Wu from 2010 to May 2019 served a prison sentence for sexually assaulting three boys and was released on parole on the condition that he receive treatment for a predilection toward pedophilia.
In the previous conviction, the ruling said that Wu had since 2005 sought out delinquent boys in the city’s Sanchong (三重) and Lujhou (蘆洲) districts.
To lure the boys to his residence to sexually assault them, Wu offered them a place to live, and to buy them meals and clothes, the earlier ruling said.
Although prosecutors at the time requested a 51-year prison term, Wu was sentenced to 12 years, it said.
Prosecutors in the latest case believe that Wu briefly refrained from criminal activity after his release, but soon started luring boys to his residence again to sexually assault them, Friday’s court filing showed.
One boy was found to have injuries, including anal fissures, after staying at Wu’s residence, it showed.
After questioning the boy, police found eight other victims, aged five to 15, it showed.
Wu in court denied the allegations, saying that the boys colluded to put him back in prison, the filing showed.
However, prosecutors produced witnesses who saw Wu taking the boys to his residence and other places where he might have sexually assaulted them, as well as testimony from the boys’ friends and family members whom they had told about the incidents, it showed, citing prosecutors as saying that the treatment Wu received after his release had failed.
A preclearance service to facilitate entry for people traveling to select airports in Japan would be available from Thursday next week to Feb. 25 at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taoyuan International Airport Corp (TIAC) said on Tuesday. The service was first made available to Taiwanese travelers throughout the winter vacation of 2024 and during the Lunar New Year holiday. In addition to flights to the Japanese cities of Hakodate, Asahikawa, Akita, Sendai, Niigata, Okayama, Takamatsu, Kumamoto and Kagoshima, the service would be available to travelers to Kobe and Oita. The service can be accessed by passengers of 15 flight routes operated by
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
GIVE AND TAKE: Blood demand continues to rise each year, while fewer young donors are available due to the nation’s falling birthrate, a doctor said Blood donors can redeem points earned from donations to obtain limited edition Formosan black bear travel mugs, the Kaohsiung Blood Center said yesterday, as it announced a goal of stocking 20,000 units of blood prior to the Lunar New Year. The last month of the lunar year is National Blood Donation Month, when local centers seek to stockpile blood for use during the Lunar New Year holiday. The blood demand in southern Taiwan — including Tainan and Kaohsiung, as well as Chiayi, Pingtung, Penghu and Taitung counties — is about 2,000 units per day, the center said. The donation campaign aims to boost
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) said a magnitude 4.9 earthquake that struck off the coast of eastern Taiwan yesterday was an independent event and part of a stress-adjustment process. The earthquake occurred at 4:47pm, with its epicenter at sea about 45.4km south of Yilan County Hall at a depth of 5.9km, the CWA said. The quake's intensity, which gauges the actual effects of a temblor, was highest in several townships in Yilan and neighboring Hualien County, where it measured 4 on Taiwan's seven-tier intensity scale, the CWA said. Lin Po-yu (林柏佑), a division chief at the CWA's Seismological Center, told a news conference
RSS