Focus Taiwan
Date: 04/01/2020
By: Joseph Yeh

Taipei, April 1 (CNA) A death row inmate was executed Wednesday in Taiwan, less than a year after he was convicted of killing six people by setting fire to his home.

Minister of Justice Tsai Ching-hsiang (蔡清祥) said he signed the order, and the death sentence was carried out Wednesday afternoon in New Taipei.

The 53-year-old inmate Weng Jen-hsien (翁仁賢) was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court on July 10, 2019 after he was convicted in the deaths of his parents, their caregiver, his niece and nephew, and the latter's wife.

According to the court, Weng set fire to his home in Taoyuan City's Longtan District on Feb. 7, 2016 after a family feud, and the six died in the blaze, while four other relatives sustained injuries.
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