Engineer had made false claims about Premier Su at a police officer's funeral
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/08/02
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A court gave a modest suspended fine of NT$1,000 (US$31.77) to the man
Premier Su Tseng-chang at a public appearance earlier in the week. (By Central News Agency)
The man, an engineer from New Taipei City surnamed Chan (詹), could have faced a maximum fine of NT$30,000 (US$953) or even three days in detention.
His behavior had affected “public peace” the New Taipei District Court in Banqiao said Thursday (August 1).
Following Chan’s discovery last month, he had admitted distributing the recording and had apologized, the Central News Agency reported. [FULL STORY]
