A Chinese fisherman was sentenced on Monday last week to 80 days in detention, commutable to a fine and a suspended sentence of two years, for entering Taiwan illegally and engaging in criminal coercion in Keelung.
At about 6am on Oct. 2 last year, while his fishing boat was moored at Keelung’s Zhengbin Fishing Port (正濱漁港), the man identified by his surname, Jiang (蔣), went ashore without permission to buy breakfast.
Shortly afterward, he saw a young man waiting at a bus stop. Jiang approached him and forced his arms around him, the indictment from the Keelung District Prosecutors’ Office said.
Photo: Lin Chia-tung, Taipei Times
After the teenager verbally rejected the fisherman’s advances repeatedly, Jiang let him go and returned to his fishing boat, it said.
The teenager contacted the police, who reviewed surveillance footage and arrested Jiang, it said, adding that after the police obtained a statement from him, they handed Jiang over to the prosecutors’ office.
Following an investigation by the prosecutors’ office, Jiang was indicted for entering Taiwan without permission in contravention of the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (臺灣地區與大陸地區人民關係條例).
He was also indicted for criminal coercion under Article 304 of the Criminal Code for hugging the teenager against his will.
In addition to the sentence, which can be suspended for two years, Jiang must pay a NT$10,000 fine within one year following the court’s final judgement.
The ruling can still be appealed.
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