Taiwan News
Date: 2018/07/09
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—A middle-aged man in Pingtung County, southern Taiwan

The man surnamed Liao (left) (By Central News Agency)

confessed to a crime he committed in recent days to police and wished to be sent back to jail where he can get fed, according to a CNA report on Monday.

Neipu police station chief Huang Ming-hung (黃明宏) said that a man surnamed Liao was walking back and forth outside the police station when he was approached by an on-duty police officer who wanted to show his concern, the report said. Liao told the officer he had gone several days without food and hoped he could go back to jail, according to the report. The officer was very surprised to hear what Liao had to say; nevertheless, the officer offered the man hot food to alleviate his hunger, according to the report.

At first Liao was quiet, but after the officer patiently inquired why he wanted to go back to jail, the man began to open up to the officer and told him why he was financially strapped and living a hand-to-mouth existence, the report said.        [FULL  STORY]