Taipei labor inspection officers today launched an investigation into smart baby monitor tech start-up CuboAI, after its chief executive officer (CEO) Thomas Tseng (曾志新) on Saturday allegedly stabbed and killed the company’s chief technology officer, surnamed Liang (梁).
Tseng, CEO of Yun Yun AI Baby Camera Co (雲云科技), also known as CuboAI, allegedly pulled a knife on Liang at the company’s Xinyi District (信義) office following a heated dispute and stabbed him.
Liang later succumbed to his injuries, while Tseng reportedly sustained serious injuries after trying to take his own life.
Photo courtesy of the Taipei Labor Inspection Office
The Taipei Labor Inspection Office today launched an investigation into the matter, finding that CuboAI had failed to implement adequate workplace violence prevention measures, as well as incident response and recording procedures, the office said.
CuboAI had breached the Occupational Safety and Health Act (職業安全衛生法), it said, adding that it has given the company a set timeframe to improve standards.
Failure to do so may result in fines of between NT$30,000 and NT$150,000, it added.
Chinese-language media reported that Liang’s resignation letter surfaced after the incident, saying that Liang felt “publicly humiliated” and defamed by Tseng.
Liang in the letter spoke of incidents of workplace bullying that included his removal from an online group chat for company directors without reason, leaving him “utterly hopeless.”
A 57-minute audio recording allegedly from a company meeting also leaked online, in which Tseng accuses Liang of using anonymous accounts to “attack” the company and demands he move his desk closer to his for monitoring.
The Taipei Department of Labor confirmed that it had not received any previous reports of workplace bullying at CuboAI.
As the incident resulted in the loss of a worker’s life and brought negative repercussions to the company’s reputation and employee well-being, all businesses are urged to properly implement preventative measures to establish safe working environments, department Commissioner Kao Boa-hua (高寶華) said.
The department would continue to provide relevant training and implement stringent labor inspections, Labor Inspection Office Director Liang Tsang-chi (梁蒼淇) said.
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