Taipei Times
Date: Feb 01, 2019
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
New Taipei City prosecutors yesterday filed assault and coercion charges against a man
A man surnamed Lin, who allegedly beat his son and wife after the child forgot to order hot sauce with his meatballs, talks to reporters after reporting to a police station in New Taipei City’s Lujhou District on Jan. 14. Photo: CNA
surnamed Lin (林) after a video of him apparently beating his wife and child over a trivial matter was widely circulated, sparking a public outcry over domestic violence.
The alleged incident took place on the night of Jan. 12, when the 42-year-old instructed his 11-year-old son to buy bawan (肉圓), meatballs made with gelatinous dough, from a vendor in New Taipei City’s Lujhou District (蘆洲).
The indictment says that Lin became angry because his son forgot to ask the vendor for hot sauce, and then yelled at the boy and accused him of lying while his wife, surnamed Lee (李), tried to intervene and protect their son.
The video appears to show Lin angrily putting his wife in a headlock before throwing her to the floor, and repeatedly slapping his son on the face and punching him in the torso.
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