A man who took a shower in the bathroom of a Taiwan Railway Corp local train yesterday, causing water to spill out into the carriage, has been identified and would be fined, the Railway Police Bureau said today.
In a news release, the bureau's Taipei Precinct said it received a report at 9am yesterday about a passenger suspected of showering on the No. 1136 local train from Hsinchu County's Hukou Township (湖口) to Rueifang District (瑞芳), New Taipei City.
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Railway police officers responding to the call boarded the train at Taipei Railway Station, by which time the person had already left, the statement said.
A video shared on Threads showed several passengers on the train standing outside the bathroom's closed door, as streams of water leaked out and spread across the floor of the carriage.
"Someone is showering on the train and the whole carriage is full of water," the person wrote in the post, which had more than 17,000 "likes" as of this morning.
The train carriage in question has a "multi-functional bathroom" that includes a metal hose and spray nozzle for use by cleaners, which appears to be what the man used to shower.
Using surveillance video footage, police later identified the person as a man in his 50s surnamed Pan (潘), who is known to hang around Taipei Railway Station, approaching travelers with fabricated stories and asking to borrow money.
He had previously been charged with fraud and larceny in connection with those activities, the bureau said.
Regarding Pan's unauthorized bathing, the bureau said it planned to fine him under Article 71 of the Railway Act (鐵路法), which mandates a NT$1,500 to NT$7,500 for various types of misbehavior on trains.
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