Two men convicted over the death of a teacher 19 years ago were exonerated yesterday after the Taiwan High Court overturned guilty verdicts from 2012.
Wang Chi-cheng (王淇政) and Hung Shih-wei (洪世緯) were presented with flowers by family and friends outside the High Court’s Taichung branch after they were found not guilty of murdering after-school care center teacher Chen Chi-hsuan (陳琪瑄) in the early hours of Dec. 7, 2002.
Statements by witnesses were inconsistent and could not prove that the two men had worked together to murder Chen, the court said, adding that Hung and Chen were not friends at the time
Three Taichung city councilors on Monday urged the local Water Resource Bureau to step up development of subsurface streams as alternative water sources in the wake of a severe water shortage in the city in the first half of the year.
Taichung uses 1.4 million tonnes of water daily, with the Dajia River (大甲溪) and the Liyutan Reservoir (鯉魚潭) each providing half that amount, said Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taichung City Councilor Chiang Chao-kuo (江肇國), accompanied by two other DPP councilors, Lai Chia-wei (賴佳微) and Chang Chia-an (張家銨).
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Drought prevention in Taichung
By Chang Yen-ming 張炎銘
Water restrictions were implemented in two zones of Taichung from Tuesday last week, with water supplied for five days and cut off for two. People with large-capacity water storage tanks at home might not be feeling the effects, but businesses that use large amounts of water, such as restaurants, hair salons and car washes, are in dire straits.
Only twice in the past 22 years has Taichung been divided into zones for water rationing: In 1999, the Shihgang Dam (石岡壩) was badly damaged by the 921 Earthquake and in 2004 the inlet sluice gate of the Liyutan Reservoir (鯉魚潭水庫) became detached, leading to water restrictions for less than a week. The dam has since been repaired and a second raw water pipe was installed at the reservoir, so these incidents are unlikely to recur.