Taiwan News
Date: 2016-09-20
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the life sentence for a business man who murdered his wife and 
two daughters just to please his mistress, and the mother of the murdered wife Tuesday expressed her grief over the losses of her daughter and granddaughters over the years and disappointment over the court’s final ruling to spare the murderer’s life.
According to court reports, ten years ago, Chang He-ling, under the urge of his mistress, Su Yi-chen, used ether to anesthetize his wife, Tsai Ting-yu, and two toddler daughters, and then turned on fuel gas to kill them, making them look like they died from gas poisoning. Chang even used his cell phone to broadcast the killing process live to his mistress.
The case went through five trials and Chang was sentenced to death several times. However, in the most recent trial, judges changed the death sentence to life in prison on April 29 this year on the grounds that Chang had no criminal records, that he killed his daughters, who whom he had normal interaction at regular times, out of spontaneity, and that he could be educated to become a better person. [FULL STORY]
