Alleged police/judicial corruption in Taipei/Wanhua ("I was attacked on vacation")

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Greetings Bdog-

Courts of law usually represent fairness and justice.

To put someone on trial without a translator in their native language would be “unfair” to that individual.

In America, “The right of a criminal defendant with limited English proficiency to an interpreter is implied in the constitution. Indeed, the rights of a criminal defendant to due process, equal protection and a fair trial would be substantially hampered, if not completely denied, if a defendant were not able to understand the nature of charges against him and the meaning of the criminal proceedings.” SEE Https://www.jurist.org/commentary/2012/04/iryna-dasevich-criminal-justice/

Any court of law should have Translators at least in English (English is the "traditionally used language used by most travellers.) E.g., You can visit any country in the world and check in at any hotel with spoken English.

All the best.

-M

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Greetings Crusher-

Speaking of CCTV, my attorney and I were attempting to get CCTV footage of the criminal attacking me, but somehow the criminal managed to get the “only physical copy” and prevented my attorney and I from securing the footage as evidence of the attack.

Lesson learned in Taiwan:
IMMEDIATELY SECURE ANY TAIWANESE CCTV FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT ASAP BEFORE THE OTHER PARTY CAN DESTROY THE EVIDENCE.

All the best.

-M

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Greetings Andrew0409-

Wanhua is a dangerous place after hours.

There are much more “illicit activities” going on around Wanhua than just 65 year old grandma prostitutes:

  1. There are illicit gambling dens around the Wanhua/Ximending area with gangsters/thugs that congregate around the late night food carts in Ximending after 12am.

  2. There are “cracked out” (Cracked out is a term used by Americans to describe “drug addicts”) people who wander around snake alley near the Longshan night market region asking for money. The people seem to be on some kind of “super strong stimulant” because their pupils are very dilated, and they are full of energy as they physically grab your arm asking for money. E.g., Methamphetamines? Crack? Beetle-nut?

  3. I was also recently told by a Taiwanese night market “Papaya salad vendor” that gangsters would try to extort from her substantial sums of money or threaten to destroy her business. The police, curiously, would not help her.

All the best.

-M

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The disappearance of this footage is a serious enough to warrant a separate case is not ? It needs to be out there. I’m sure your attorney has explored all of these angles but just putting it out there…

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Greetings Quesito-

Assault and battery is defined as the crime of threatening a person together with the act of making physical contact with them.

In criminal law, battery is defined as a physical act that results in harmful or offensive contact with another person without that person’s consent.

All the best.

-M

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What’s the deal with the quotation marks? For example: ““Papaya salad vendor””. Why use quotation marks?

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Greetings slawa-

The incident happened at a public pool facility in Wanhua district.

I do not drink alcohol. I was just using the public pool facilities.

The reason I think I was attacked by the criminal is as follows:

I am a very shy and introverted individual. I usually do not talk to strangers or people I do not know. I avoid all eye contact with people I do not know.

In America, we tend to “physically distance ourselves,” ignore, and avoid all people that physically approach you who appear to be “dangerous, mentally unstable, or seem engaged in illicit/shady dealings.”

The criminal who attacked me looks like a thug, walks like a thug, and acts like a thug.

I avoided and ignored him as he tried to engage in conversation with me multiple times.

In America, when you ignore someone, they leave you alone because they get the hint you want privacy.

However, this Taiwanese thug considered my ignoring him as “making him lose face?” in front of his friends," so he attacked me.

However, this is just my speculation because I really do not know why the criminal attacked me because a reasonable person would not attack someone for ignoring them in America.

Regarding the Spanish surfer incident, the Spanish surfer did nothing wrong by protecting himself from drowning or imminent danger by cutting the Taiwanese fisherman’s entangled line.

I have been noticing that Taiwan has been experiencing lots of violent crime in the last couple decades. I think it may have something to do with the "lead’ in the water supply that runs through the older parts on Taiwan. Lead in the water has been proven to cause an increase in irrational behavior and results in violent crime:

All the best.

-M

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I got the local and foreign affairs cops to both take footage. They were different cops from different stations in different divisions I was also recording the verbal conversation of them agreeing not to press charges. I’ve been here a while so know this, but yes for new comers it is good advice (if one should ever be unfortunate enough to be attacked by mentally sick people who the government and culture thinks families should take care of).

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Greetings Chris-

Agreed. The “counter-suing/retaliatory/frivolous defamation lawsuits” is definitely a common tactic in Taiwan to entrap victims of crime when calling the police for help. E.g., You are hurting my reputation by calling the police on me, so I will file a criminal defamation claim on you!

I was not familiar with the concept of face until I was attacked by the criminal thug. I have been pondering why would he attack me? I think by “ignoring him” when he attempted to engage in conversation with me multiple times, “he lost face?”

In America, when I ignore the gangsters/thugs, then they leave me alone.

In Taiwan, when I ignore the gangsters/thugs, they attack me for causing them to “lose face?”

Insane.

All the best.

-M

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Greetings Hansioux-

I still have flashbacks and nightmares of the incident because it was so scary.

I would have never thought I would ever be attacked just because I was just minding my own business and doing nothing.

The father of the criminal who attacked me appeared to be “well connected” with the police chief of the Wanhua police precinct. E.g., Perhaps high school best friends? Perhaps served in the mandatory military together? Perhaps related? Perhaps same gang/triad?

All the best.

-M

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Greetings Tempogain-

Unsolved Mysteries after the criminal’s father threatened me with “I will cause you much trouble”:

  1. Mysteriously disappearing legal documents?

  2. Police officers “actively attempting” to persuade me not to refile the case despite a “direct spoken request in Mandarin” from my Taiwanese licensed attorney?

  3. No translators at all at the police precinct and prosecutor interviews on my case despite the above poster (Andrew0409) stating the following: “I was given translators to court each time. They wouldn’t even let me speak without one because they’re afraid of a botch case due to language issues.”

All the best.

-M

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Greetings Hanna149-

I was sitting on a wooden bench at the public pool with my eyes closed shut and resting my body, doing absolutely nothing moments before I was to be attacked by the Taiwanese criminal.

All the best.

-M

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Greetings Tango42-

Bingo! (Pun intended).

All the best.

-M

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Greetings Mithrandir-

The overarching pattern I would discern as a substantial factor in getting justice within the Asian justice systems I have seen would be the following symbol: $.

All the best.

-M

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Greetings Tango42-

My intent is to “protect innocent visitors” to Taiwan from the horrifying legal ordeal I had to suffer.

Knowledge is powerful to protect oneself and others.

Learn from the mistakes of another as to not have to suffer their mistake as well.

All the best.

-M

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Greetings Rocket-

There is a first time for everything:

Now, you know someone who has been taken down to the Taiwanese Wanhua police station without the Taiwanese police officers putting in a call for an English Translator.

All the best.

-M

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Greetings GamerCasual-

Sorry to hear you also had to suffer being attacked by a random Taiwan citizen.

I had no idea that the Wanhua district was so ghetto until I was attacked and told by my attorney that Wanhua district is considered “Very messy.” Now I know that the Wanhua district is considered “The ghetto” of Taipei.

All the best.

-M

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Greetings Gnaij-

In hindsight, I wish I knew of the “Foreign Affairs Police Service” before I filed the legal claim at the local Wanhua district precinct because the father of the criminal who attacked me probably would not have had “connections” with all police precincts.

However, I am not sure if the “Foreign Affairs Police Service” would have sent me back to the local Wanhua precinct because each legal claim must be filed at the district police precinct where the criminal incident had occurred because of jurisdictional issues.

Thank you for the useful information nonetheless!

=)

All the best.

-M

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