Taipei police yesterday said that a man has been referred to the prosecutors’ office after allegedly filming and confronting Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Puma Shen (沈伯洋) while he was out walking with his daughter last weekend.
The suspect, a 45-year-old man surnamed Lin (林), was referred to prosecutors on suspicion of coercion, defamation and violations of the Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act (兒童及少年福利與權益保障法), police said.
According to police, the incident occurred on the evening of Sunday last week near the National Concert Hall, when Shen was accompanying his daughter on a walk and bike ride.
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Lin allegedly approached the pair from the side, shone a bright mobile phone flashlight at Shen and his daughter, recording them on video while verbally confronting Shen, police said.
Shen later reported the incident and described it in a social media post as “precisely the darkness we must confront.”
Police said they received Shen’s complaint the day after the incident and passed the case to the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office the following day.
After reviewing nearby surveillance footage, officers traced the suspect through EasyCard transit records and identified him as a Zhongzheng District (中正) resident, police said.
Lin was brought in for questioning on Friday last week and told police he encountered Shen by chance and approached him out of dissatisfaction with current affairs, authorities said.
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