The parents of the battered woman said, “We can’t help because she has fallen in love. We can only wish her a happy life.”
Taiwan News
Date: 2016/11/20
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
A middle-aged Canadian man pummeled his Taiwanese girlfriend to the ground in open view of many
A middle-aged Canadian man pummeled his Taiwanese girlfriend to the ground in Taipei midnight on Sunday, but the woman refused to press charges. (source: Hibr Domestic violence)(By Agencies)
bystanders in Taipei around midnight on Sunday, but the victim refused to press charges.
Witnesses of the scuffle reported the incident to local police, who arrived at the scene shortly after they received the report and immediately separated the couple and sent the injured woman to hospital.
According an investigation by the police, the couple has been reported to have been involved in physical conflicts with each other after drinking on three previous occasions. However, each time after they sobered up, neither party would press charges.
According to police investigation, the 24-year-old woman surnamed Chen, who is a college student in Taipei, and her 40-year-old Canadian boyfriend, who was only identified by his first name “Dennis,” had an argument on the street at the intersection of Keelung Road and Leye Street. The argument soon escalated into a brawl that resulted in the woman being pummeled to the ground by the man and her glasses being shattered on the sidewalk. There were also traces of blood on the paper bag she left behind, police said. [FULL STORY]
