A woman has been charged after allegedly stabbing her son and hitting him in the head with a fire extinguisher because he refused to go school.
Taichung prosecutors on Monday last week charged the woman, surnamed Liu (劉), with assault and endangering the life of a minor under the Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act (兒童及少年福利與權益保障法).
Prosecutors said Liu and her 10-year-old son, a fourth-grader, often quarreled over the son’s refusal to go to school.
On Oct. 1 last year, while confronting him again because he did not want to go to school, Liu allegedly grabbed her son by the
Police have identified 2,734 people implicated in stalking or related crimes over the past three years, and stepped up patrols and officer training in preparation for the June enactment of a stalking prevention law.
After years of debate, the Legislative Yuan in December last year passed the Stalking and Harassment Prevention Act (跟蹤騷擾防制法), which is to go into effect on June 1.
Earlier in 2019, the National Police Agency instituted a plan to combat stalking, which included compiling monthly data on cases at risk of repeat offense.
The agency said that 2,734 people were implicated in stalking or related crimes between July 2019
PREVENTABLE DETENTION: As of June, police will be able to classify stalkers by protective orders, which could result in arrest if contravened within two yearsBy Wu Jen-chieh and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Constitutional Court on Friday ordered that the eight-year-old daughter of a Taiwanese mother surnamed Chan (詹) and an Italian father can remain in Taiwan, suspending a Taipei District Court decision that awarded custody to the father.
After the couple divorced, the father in 2017 took the girl, who at the time lived with Chan, to Italy to visit his family, where she remained against the will of the mother, local media reported.
Chan later flew to Italy to take her daughter back, which the father described as “abduction,” the report said.
The Taipei District Court last month awarded him custody.
Chan appealed
By Wu Cheng-feng and Jason Pan / Staff reportersThe Constitutional Court on Friday ordered that the eight-year-old daughter of a Taiwanese mother surnamed Chan （詹） and an Italian father can remain in Taiwan, suspending a Taipei District Court decision that awarded custody to the father.