DANGEROUS TIMES: The TRA is to spend one month evaluating all its onboard safety measures, including passenger and luggage screening before boarding

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 05, 2019
By: Shelley Shan  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) yesterday said that it would spend one month reviewing the safety equipment that its personnel should carry onboard after a railway police officer was fatally stabbed by a passenger.

The police officer, Lee Cheng-han (李承翰), was stabbed by a 54-year-old suspect, surnamed Cheng (鄭), who boarded the train in Tainan without a ticket and went berserk when the train conductor asked him to buy one, the Chiayi branch of the Railway Police Bureau said.

The family of Lee will receive the best possible compensation, Executive Yuan spokesperson Kolas Yotaka quoted Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) as saying.

TRA’s Transportation Department head Chang Ching-song (張錦松) said that the agency would evaluate all its onboard safety measures, including the safety equipment that conductors should carry when on duty and whether passengers should be asked to pass safety inspection gates before boarding.    [FULL  STORY]