New Taipei man faces charges for selling live crabs and crayfish from a claw machine
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/11/05
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A man is facing charges after being caught selling live crabs and crayfish in a claw machine in New Taipei City, reported UDN.
A 45-year-old man surnamed Feng (馮) is facing charges after police discovered that he was selling live Chinese mitten crabs and Australian red claw crayfish inside a claw machine in a neighborhood of New Taipei City. After receiving complaints that live crustaceans were being sold in a claw machine, police found over a dozen crayfish and three crabs inside the device on Liancheng Road in New Taipei City’s Zhonghe District.
According to an initial investigation, Feng allegedly purchased crayfish from his friend at NT$200 (US$6.5) to NT$450 (US$14.6) per jin (half a kilogram), and at the end of October, he began renting a claw machine in the claw game arcade for NT$5,000 per month. Because autumn is the season for Chinese mitten crabs, he attracted a lot of customers.
However, some customers immediately felt that it was cruel to pluck living creatures with a claw crane. The Yuanshan District Police Department was soon notified and officers dispatched to the scene found crayfish and crabs inside a machine set up by Feng.
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