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Shen Nai-hsun argues that the KMT’s move to legislate judicial caning after its referendum proposal was rejected risks weakening its original case that voters should decide.

Kaohsiung police have arrested three suspects and are searching for a fourth following a violent dispute over a suspected drug debt that left one man dead and two hospitalized in Fongshan District.

Police said she was right about the cycling rule. Footage showed students riding across the pedestrian crossing instead of dismounting and walking their bicycles, an offense that can carry a fine of NT$300 to NT$1,200. Police said they would increase patrols in the area.

Kaohsiung environmental authorities have fined and referred for prosecution a couple and 44 waste clearance companies involved in illegally dumping nearly 14,000 tons of scrap wood on agricultural land in Yongan District.

A Tainan court granted NT$30,000 bail to a man accused of releasing more than 100 live cockroaches inside a restaurant in Anping District.

A man claimed he drunkenly mistook a Kaohsiung police car for his ride. Officers let him leave, but reconsidered after his friends posted a video of the apparent prank.

Police took more than 200 people in for questioning after raiding a makeshift weekend nightclub in Daliao. The same venue was reportedly shut down following a major drug investigation in 2024 but later reopened.

A Kaohsiung court upheld most of a penalty against a scooter rider filmed riding hands-free on Gaoping Bridge, saying numbness from carpal tunnel syndrome did not justify dangerous driving.

Police became suspicious after the male rider appeared nervous and struggled to explain who the woman riding behind him was. An officer eventually asked her directly whether she was the person police were looking for. Chen reportedly smiled before admitting her true identity.

The couple’s 12-year-old boy struck the floor with a baseball bat to distract Chen, giving his parents time to escape into the office and call police.