Taoyuan, July 14 (CNA) P.LEAGUE+ basketball player Quincy Davis was indicted by the Taoyuan Districts Prosecutors Office on Friday for physically harming his ex-wife in May, but prosecutors determined that he did not violate a restraining order.
Taipei, Dec. 13 (CNA) A paper sculpture artist was handed the death penalty by Taoyuan District Court on Tuesday for stabbing to death a convenience store clerk who asked him to wear a mask.
Taipei, June 24 (CNA) A founder of the Taiwan Civil Government which claims Taiwan is legally under U.S. administration following Japan's surrender in World War II was sentenced to 19 years in prison and fined NT$2 million Friday for defrauding around 300 individuals out of NT$100 million (US$3.36 million).
The Taoyuan District Court on Tuesday handed down prison sentences to two former Taoyuan International Airport Corp (TIAC) employees for soliciting bribes from a contractor during the expansion of the airport’s Terminal 2.
Former TIAC Construction Office director Lin Wen-chen (林文楨) and engineer Wu Chun-tsung (吳俊宗) were sentenced to 10 years, and five years and two months in prison respectively for accepting bribes during the Terminal 2 bidding process in 2016.
Lin and Wu approached New-Asia Construction, one of the companies bidding to work on the expansion, to solicit bribes totaling NT$6 million (US$206,058 at the current exchange rate) about 3