Chinese college student, Taiwanese wife must pay owner NT$100,00 after rescue from New Taipei lake in stolen kayak

Taiwan News 
Date: 2017/12/11
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — After having to be rescued from a sinking kayak in a lake in

New Taipei City a Chinese graduate student and his Taiwanese wife stole to go joyriding in on Saturday night, the couple has been told they owe the owner NT$100,000 (US$3,331) in compensation for his expensive racing craft, reported CNA.

On Saturday night (Dec. 9), police received a call that a couple was stranded on an overturned kayak in Bitan, a popular lake in New Taipei City’s Xindian District. Rescuers were then able to successfully pluck the man and woman from the water unharmed.

After a preliminary investigation by police, it was found that the 25-year-old man, surnamed Shen (沈), who is a graduate student in history at National Taiwan University (NTU), and his 27-year-old wife, also a Taiwanese history graduate from NTU surnamed Song (宋), had stolen the kayak to go joyriding on the like. However, because of the relatively unstable nature of the craft for untrained paddlers, it eventually rolled over, and they started shouting for help.     [FULL  STORY]