Taiwan English News
Date: September 4, 2019
By: Phillip Charlier
The body of a 6-year-old boy was found wedged under a rock in Wulai District’s Nanshi River this morning, 10 days after he went missing August 26. The incident occurred at the same spot his 6-year-old sister drowned last year.
On July 29, 2018, a 6-year-old girl from the Jian family sneaked away from her grandmother’s home with her 7-year-old cousin. The two girls went to the riverbank 30 meters from the house to play in the water of the fast-flowing river.
As the girls lost their footing and were washed downriver, the 7-year-old managed to clamber onto rocks, and was rescued around 100 meters downstream, but the younger girl disappeared. Her body was found 4 days later after an extensive search.
After his daughter’s drowning, Mr Jian, a 39-year-old divorced father of three, banned his remaining two children from going near the river. [FULL STORY]