Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/26
By: Bien Chin-feng, Lu Kang-chun and Lilian Wu
Taipei, July 26 (CNA) Family members of 23 Chinese nationals who died in a tour bus fire on July 19
Family of victims in bus fire carry the ashes and fly back to China Tuesday.
have reached agreement on compensation for the deaths from the insurance company covering the bus company, the Tourism Bureau said Tuesday.
Chang Hsi-tsung (張錫聰), deputy director general of the bureau, said family members of 23 of the 24 Chinese who died in the blaze have signed settlement papers.
They agreed to compensation of NT$6.64 million per victim, including NT$2 million per person in professional liability insurance, NT$2 million per person in compulsory tour bus insurance, and another NT$2 million in passenger liability insurance.
The other family said it has commissioned a lawyer to take care of the matter and will not sign the papers before it returns home. [FULL STORY]
