Yun Yun AI Baby Camera Co (雲云科技) CEO Thomas Tseng (曾志新) was today sentenced to life in prison for stabbing and killing the company’s chief technology officer (CTO), surnamed Liang (梁), in March last year.
A citizen judge panel at the Taipei District Court today convicted Tseng of murder, depriving him of his civil rights for life, though the verdict can be appealed.
Tseng had previously told the court that the killing was “the greatest mistake” of his life and apologized profusely.
Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei Times
The attack occurred in the Xinyi District (信義) office of Yun Yun AI Baby Camera Co, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said.
Tseng and Liang had repeatedly clashed in the workplace, leading Tseng to purchase a 19cm-long chef’s knife on Feb. 26 last year, which he kept in an office cabinet, the investigation found.
Chinese-language media reported that Liang’s resignation letter surfaced after the incident, saying he felt “publicly humiliated” and defamed by Tseng, and detailing incidents of workplace bullying that left him “utterly hopeless.”
On March 6, Tseng became aware that Liang was planning to resign via a farewell post on a company group chat and scheduled a group meeting the following afternoon with a human resources director to handle Liang’s resignation, the investigation found.
Before the meeting, Tseng hid the knife in his chest pocket, and after a tense discussion, Tseng approached Liang from behind and stabbed him at least nine times in the head, back and neck, prosecutors said.
Liang was rushed to hospital but succumbed to his injuries later that day, due to a puncture in his left lung and multiple muscle injuries, which led to severe blood loss, they added.
Tseng sustained serious injuries after trying to take his own life, prosecutors said.
He was indicted in June and the case was transferred to a citizen judge panel at the Taipei District Court. The trial began on Monday last week.
The court has yet to release the reasoning behind today’s verdict.
Additional reporting by Weng Ching-yu
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