NO REMORSE: Judicial officials yesterday said that a monitoring mechanism has been initiated to prevent Lu from fleeing, after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 13, 2018
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the conviction of event organizer Lu Chung-chi (呂
Lu Chung-chi arrives at the Taiwan High Court in Taipei on March 20.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
忠吉) and said he must serve a five-year sentence for his role in the Formosa Fun Coast (八仙樂園) water park inferno on June 27, 2015, in which 15 people died and 471 were injured.
At about 8pm during a “Color Play Asia” party, the powder being blown in the air caught fire and an explosion ensued, and hundreds of participants, mostly young people aged 18 to 25, sustained burns and other injuries.
The Taiwan High Court in May found Lu guilty of professional negligence causing deaths, which carries a maximum term of five years in prison.
The Supreme Court rejected his appeal for a more lenient sentence.
The High Court ruling also imposed a fine of NT$90,000 (US$2,914) on the 44-year-old Lu, who has to start serving time within a few days of receiving official notification of the Supreme Court ruling.
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