A Taoyuan man surnamed Feng (馮) is facing charges of assault causing bodily harm after he injured a friend surnamed Chung (鍾) with a high-pressure air wand in April last year.
Feng, 45, used the air wand on Chung as a prank while Chung was urinating at his home on April 23 last year. Feng placed the opening of the nozzle in Chung’s buttocks before turning it on, causing Chung’s colon to rupture, and requiring him to have an artificial colon implanted.
Following the incident, Chung said he felt only mild discomfort at first, but after the pain became severe, he sought emergency medical treatment at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in New Taipei City’s Linkou District (林口).
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Doctors discovered that Chung had a ruptured colon, and performed a right colectomy and a loop ileostomy later that day.
Feng told prosecutors that he had meant for his actions to be a prank, and that he had not intended to harm Chung.
However, Chung said that he was not willing to reconcile with Feng outside of court given the extent of his injuries, and that he wished to proceed with legal action.
After an initial investigation, including a review of footage of the incident from a surveillance camera installed near Chung’s home, prosecutors proceeded with an indictment.
High-pressure air wands used by mechanics, like the one Feng used, are connected to air compressors, and can apply approximately 100 to 170 pound-force per square inch (psi), a technician said on Friday.
“Air compressors typically output about 140 psi, which is more than enough to cause human injury,” the technician said.
“Human organs simply cannot deal with the instantaneous pressure generated by a compressor like that,” he added.
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