The Kaohsiung District Court recently fined a man NT$6,000 for leaving a “threatening” note on a vehicle in a dispute over a parking space.
Prosecutors said a man surnamed Teng (鄧) admitted to placing a note in the front windshield wiper of a car parked in Kaohsiung’s Linyuan District (林園) in October last year.
“I have paid rent for this space. If you park your car here, then you should leave your telephone number. It has been two days, and if you have no regard for others, I have no regard for you. One more time, and I will lock up the car,” the note said.
The car belonged a man surnamed Chang (張), who filed a judicial complaint as he believed he had the right to park there, and felt he had received a threat.
Teng told prosecutors that he wrote the note because he was angry that he was unable find the vehicle’s owner.
During the hearing, Teng insisted he was right, refusing to settle with Chang. The court found him guilty of threatening another person’s property and intimidation. Earlier this month, it fined him NT$6,000, with the option of performing community service in lieu of the fine.
Initially, many people online accused the judges of being out of touch for punishing Teng, who had paid for the parking space, saying that Chang should be punished for taking the spot.
However, local media spoke to residents in the neighborhood, and verified the space was actually a public parking space, and Teng had illegally occupied it for long time, claiming it as his own.
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