ATHLETICS
<strong>Tai earns doctorate</strong>
Taiwanese badminton star Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) yesterday received her doctoral degree from the Graduate Institute of Sports Training at University of Taipei. Tai completed her oral defense last Thursday before leaving for the Indonesia Open, which starts today. Upon receiving her master’s degree from the university in 2018, Tai pursued doctoral studies to broaden her expertise in sports science. Tai participated in part of the program through online courses while competing abroad. “No matter how hard playing sports and training is, I must not give up my school work,” she said.
JUSTICE
<strong>Seoul DUI sentence upheld</strong>
The South Korean Supreme Court
Seoul, June 9 (CNA) The South Korean Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an eight-year prison sentence against a man who was accused of causing the death of a Taiwanese student in a drunk driving accident in 2020.
The South Korean Supreme Court on Thursday remanded a case involving the death of Taiwanese student Elaine Tseng (曾以琳) to a lower appellate court, saying that the heavy sentence contravened the South Korean constitution.
Tseng, 28, was on her way home from a professor’s residence in Seoul on Nov. 6, 2020, when she was run over and killed by a 52-year-old surnamed Kim, who ran a red light at a pedestrian crossing.
It was Kim’s third driving under the influence (DUI) offense, after two incidents in 2012 and 2017.
A lower court in April last year sentenced Kim to eight years in prison,
‘unconstitutional’ The father of the Taiwanese student killed by a drunk driver in Seoul in 2020 said that his family is heartbroken to hear of the Supreme Court verdictBy Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA