After authorities issued orders halting soil removal, the operation allegedly escalated rather than stopped. Instead of restoring the land with clean fill, suspects are accused of dumping construction waste — including bricks, concrete debris, plastic refuse, and even tires — into the pits, covering them with thin soil to conceal the contamination.

By Li Shu-yuSource: The News Lens (關鍵評論網) TAINAN —A cram school in Annan District, Tainan (台南市安南區) has been fined after an incident…

Police said Luo may have fallen while disoriented or experiencing an alcohol-induced blackout, though the exact cause of the fall remains under investigation. Prosecutors have ordered a post-mortem examination to determine the precise cause of death.

The ruling reflects a broader legal transition in Taiwan: adultery is no longer treated as a matter for state punishment, but neither is it legally consequence-free.

The investigation revealed that a criminal syndicate had mined gravel from agricultural lands in Meinong District (美濃區) since October 2017.

A 71-year-old scooter rider was killed in a suspected red-light crash in Yanpu Township, Pingtung County, on Jan. 27. Police said the driver fled but was arrested about five hours later in Kaohsiung’s Fengshan District. Investigators reported positive drug screening and seized suspected drugs and multiple guns from the car.

Prosecutors in Taiwan have indicted a former Kaohsiung mental health official accused of using his access to government systems to identify and assault a 16-year-old girl. The case has widened into a dispute over when the city disciplined the suspect and why a major administrative penalty became public months later.

The pursuit continued into Dajhong 1st Road (大中一路), where traffic congestion briefly slowed the suspect’s vehicle. Police attempted to block the car, but the driver reversed and deliberately struck a police vehicle, prompting officers to open fire at the car’s front tires in an effort to stop it. Despite the shots, the vehicle escaped.

According to Fongshan Police Precinct (鳳山分局), a 26-year-old surnamed Song allegedly owed NT$250,000 in gambling-related debt and had refused to meet the creditor. The creditor, a 34-year-old surnamed Chang, is accused of arranging a meeting using a young woman as a decoy.

Local media coverage highlighted not just the specifics of the case but also broader concerns about the misuse of substances like GHB or “G-water” to incapacitate victims