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Taipei, May 25 (CNA) Taiwan's Supreme Court has upheld the life sentence given to a migrant worker from Vietnam by two lower courts for killing two of his countrymen following a heated argument.
Supreme Court upholds verdict for Filipino fisherman who killed eight
05/21/2021 09:17 PM
Photo courtesy of the Donggang Fishermen s Association
Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Taiwan s Supreme Court recently upheld a life sentence for a Filipino fisherman who killed eight people and injured another two on board a Taiwanese fishing vessel in 2019.
The ruling by the Supreme Court, which was handed Wednesday, is final. The defendant, Aurelio Arafiles Fronda, will be deported if he is granted parole.
Fronda was convicted for homicide, attempted murder and abandonment of a body by the Pingtung District Court in southern Taiwan last September.
He appealed the decision to the Taiwan High Court, but that court rejected the appeal in January.
A Lafayette frigate. CNA file photo A Lafayette frigate. CNA file photo The Ministry of Justice on Friday confirmed that progress has been made in its pursuit of illicit kickbacks involved in the long-running Lafayette frigate scandal. The confirmation came after Switzerland announced that it would return part of the US$900 million it confiscated over corruption allegations linked to the case, which date back three decades. In the frigates case, Switzerland will restitute nearly US$266 million to Taiwan, the Swiss Department of Justice and Police said in a statement on Thursday, referring to the money as illegal commissions paid during an estimated US$2.8 billion deal to buy six Lafayette-class frigates in 1991.