A YouTuber is facing a jail sentence of six months after he was convicted by the Taipei District Court for injuring and threatening a Hong Kong live streamer who criticized his Japanese restaurant in a live-streamed video last year.
The 44-year-old businessman, Huang Po-chao (黃伯超), who runs a YouTube channel called “Superpie,” beat up the 32-year-old former e-sports player, Kurtis Lau Wai-kin (劉偉健), also known as “Toyz,” after Lau said that the sushi rice in Huang’s eatery was not up to standard in January last year, prosecutors said.
Huang reportedly threatened Lau by saying: “I will kill you. Either one of us will die” before attacking him.
Screen grab taken from a Youtube video
Huang’s assistant, surnamed Lin (林), also kicked Lau as he was being punched by Huang during the four-minute physical conflict, the court heard.
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office arranged a reconciliation meeting three times, which Lau did not attend.
Lau was sentenced to four years and two months in prison last year for trafficking and selling marijuana.
He began serving his prison term in May last year after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal.
Huang pleaded guilty in February, telling the court that he has colon cancer, for which he has undergone surgery and has to receive medical checks regularly.
After considering that Lau asked for NT$100 million (US$3.04 million) compensation, the court decided that there is no room for reconciliation, sentencing Huang to six months in prison in the first trial.
Huang’s assistant was sentenced to two months in prison.
The two can have their sentences commuted by paying fines of NT$180,000 and NT$60,000 respectively.
The ruling can be appealed.
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