Taipei, Jan. 21 (CNA) A 52-year-old woman suspected of starting a fire at a building in Kaohsiung that left 46 dead and injured 41 was indicted on homicide charges Friday.
A 52-year-old woman suspected of starting a fire at a building in Kaohsiung that killed 46 people and injured 41 was charged with homicide yesterday.
Prosecutors asked the court to impose the “heaviest penalty,” with the Criminal Code stipulating the death penalty, a life sentence, or no less than 10 years in prison.
The Kaohsiung District Prosecutors’ Office said that the suspect, Huang Ke-ke (黃格格), at 2am on Oct. 14 last year lit mosquito-repellent incense and placed the burning product on a sofa in a small room on the ground floor of the Cheng Chung Cheng (城中城) building in Yancheng District (鹽埕),
Kaohsiung, Jan. 14 (CNA) A ceremony was held in Kaohsiung Friday to formally open Taiwan's second recycled water plant that has already begun contributing 33,000 cubic meters of industrial water a day to the southern Taiwan city.
MILES FIGHTING: The soldiers, who were divided into ‘attackers’ and ‘defenders,’ wore laser detectors that registered ‘hits,’ with commanders watching the data/ Staff writer, with CNA