Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/30
By: Y.F. Low
Taipei, July 30 (CNA) A July 19 tour bus fire that killed all 26 people on board could have
CNA file photo
been a suicide by the driver, who had been convicted of sexual assault just weeks before the accident, local media reported Saturday.
According to Apple Daily, 53-year-old Su Ming-cheng (蘇明成) was sentenced to five years in prison by the Taiwan High Court on June 24 for sexually assaulting a female tour guide while they were leading a tour group to Hualien on Oct. 11, 2013.
Su had taken leave of absence one week before the verdict and only returned to work on July 12, raising suspicion that he started the fire on purpose to kill himself out of spite over his conviction, the paper said.
Prosecutors, however, would not comment on or confirm the report. [FULL STORY]
