Commissioner Lai is out of danger, but suspect escaped
Taiwan News
Datew: 2018/10/31
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A man entered the office of Taipei City Labor Affairs Department
Taipei City Department of Labor Affairs Commissioner Lai Hsiang-lin. (By Central News Agency)
chief Lai Hsiang-lin (賴香伶) and hit her in the face with a steel bar Wednesday.
She was taken to hospital and received 11 stitches in a three-centimeter-long gash near her left eyebrow, while she would need a week to recover, media reports said.
Even though the assailant managed to flee the scene, witnesses recognized him as Lee Ming-yen (李明彥), a self-styled labor activist angry at the city government for using dispatch workers at the Taipei Rapid Transit Corporation, the Central News Agency reported.
Earlier in the day, he had reportedly already visited Commissioner Lai’s office to ask where she was. At 3:52 p.m., he returned, armed with a steel bar, and immediately attacked her without speaking a word, according to CNA. [FULL STORY]