Rick Wu will have to pay NT$500,000 within 6 months
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/24
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Rick Wu (吳睿軒), the 19-year-old son of entertainer Jacky Wu
Rick Wu (right) and his father Jacky during their public apology. (By Central News Agency)
(吳宗憲), will have to pay a fine of NT$500,000 (US$16,250) but will have charges of endangering public safety suspended for one year following his threat to bomb the Taipei City Government, the Shilin District Prosecutors Office ruled Friday.
The decision, announced less than a week after the incident, came after prosecutors met with the young man Friday morning.
Rick Wu recently posted a threatening text on his Instagram page. “If my girlfriend’s sickness does not improve, I’m going to make a bomb and bomb Taipei City Hall, all the people will pay for the crime,” he wrote.
The statement caused a storm of indignation, with Jacky Wu coming out publicly to condemn his son’s words and forcing him to announce he would abandon his 23-day-old career in entertainment.
