Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/18
By: Liu Shih-i and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Nov. 18 (CNA) The Taiwan High Court sentenced a Mongolian national to 19

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months in jail for stealing the purses of three commuters, containing a total of more than NT$50,000, (US$1,660) in April.

According to the ruling from the high court, Sodtungalag Ankhbayar, who came to Taiwan on a tourist visa, stole the purses on April 4, 13 and 22, on Wenhu line and Bannan line trains of Taipei Metro, as well as on the platform at Zhongxiao Fuxing station.

The Mongolian pleaded guilty during his trial at a district court and was sentenced to one year and seven months in prison, a sentence he appealed.    [FULL  STORY]