.Judges take pity on man who ran failing cleaning company in Taoyuan and hand down reduced sentence

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/06/03
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A man running a cleaning business in Taoyuan, Taiwan, is to receive a reduced prison sentence of three years and six months for a gas station robbery, after judges learned he committed the crime to pay his employees.

The man, surnamed Lee (李), offered professional cleaning services to restaurants in Taoyuan. His employees had not been paid for several months as the company had practically gone bankrupt due to poor management, local media reported on Wednesday (June 3). The report didn't state the size of his company.

Unable to get funding to sustain operations and pay his employees, Lee resorted to robbing a gas station in Taoyuan. Using a fruit knife, he threatened a gas station worker before taking off on a scooter with NT$25,000 (US$835) in cash.

No one was injured in the incident.    [FULL  STORY]