The irritating thing is the ones I’ve spoken to have all come from nice middle class (whatever that means) suburban homes. They’re just sitting outside playing at poverty. Idiots.
Last reminder: this thread is about “begpacking” in Taiwan, specifically the legal aspects like whether or not you should call the police when someone offers you a hug.
Whenever I see a teen boy (or hell, any adult male) offering “FREE HUGS” my natural instinct is that I think he’s trying to cop a feel, while seeming innocent about it.
This looks like a discussion of vagrancy, homelessness, and related issues from a legal perspective, and it also seems to include some legal history (because I don’t know Chinese, I don’t feel safe saying more about it):
Again, I don’t know Chinese, and the above quote may be out of context, but I’ll take a shot at figuring out what it means.
At least according to Google Translate (and bearing in mind that the specifics of the quoted text seem to refer mostly to Taipei), the text above makes the problem look like it sort of segued from being mostly a police matter to being mostly a social-welfare matter. However, not included in the quoted language above (but just below it in the PDF) is language indicating that vagrancy (or begging, or other stuff like that) can become a police matter. I think, though, that the language indicates that the behavior has to become a threat to the social order for the police to get involved.
Of course, it’s quite possible I’ve misunderstood the whole thing.
I found Kaohsiung gov. says a similar thing. It seems saying that if you find beggers, you call police and police check their IDs, then if required and wanted, the police will send them to social welfare. If there are illegality, it is a police matter.
Couple strategically placed in different spots in Ximenting. Can’t decide if it’s working (hugs/service for money), performing (performance art) or begging (begging) and if legal. Give me some moneyyyyyy.!!!