- Huang, 35, was busted by police in Taipei using special cloud-based software
- Using their phones they were able to find that he was meant to be in quarantine
- He was slapped with £28,220 fine because his bring out was deemed 'malicious'
- Taiwan has recorded 195 cases of coronavirus, including two deaths
- Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should you see a doctor?
Daily Mail
Date: 23 March 2020
By: Ross Ibbetson
A Taiwanese man has been fined more than £28,000 after police found him dancing in a nightclub while he was meant to be self-quarantining at home.
Officers equipped with mobile phone scanning technology were sweeping through clubs and bars in Taipei on Sunday when they discovered the 35-year-old, named only as Huang.
Using their 'M-Police' cloud-based app the officers were able to instantly check Huang's status. He had recently returned from Cambodia and was still under a mandatory 14 day quarantine period.
He was arrested in Taipei's Omni Nightclub and moved immediately to a quarantine facility run by the island's centralised epidemic control centre, which was activated even before coronavirus epicentre Wuhan was put on lockdown. [FULL STORY]
