That was the one who tried to break in? And screamed Help me Chen Shui bian when the police caught him?
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Bingo
No Japanese fell off the grid as hard as this guy.
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Anyway, itās a shame they donāt give him amnesty after this long. Ridiculous and shameful for whoever was the empty suit that approved this petty action.
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Health care costs.
Then they should outlaw betelnut already.
But no, letās deport the senile Japanese guy instead. Thatāll solve itā¦ 
I doubt health care costs due to betel nut diseases are higher than dementia. Anything that kills people early is generally less expensive than senility and other age related problems.
Cancer treatment cost a small fortune. More than assisted living, Iād wager. But Iām also looking at from a moral POV, which I know is a stance the NIA is probably unfamiliar with.
Dementiaās more expensive than anything else.
The guy canāt speak Chinese. Heās better off in Japan. It will be less frightening for him as he becomes increasingly demented.
I wonder why he hid himself away in the countryside for so long. I guess no one will ever know now that even he himself has forgotten.
What was he running fromā¦
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Ask Dr Heidi Lee 
He wouldnāt have hidden out, he just didnāt annoy anyone. My guess is he recently did something that annoyed someone.
Why did he do it? Probably a Japanese thing.
If heās 82 now he was in his mid-forties when he came over. Maybe he had some sort of mid-life crisis. Couldnāt bear the idea of ever working another day as a salaryman or something. Or maybe heās a fugitive.
Itāll be mental health issues. The locals ignored him up to the point where he became an irritant and then grassed him up - on account of him having been here for 36 years and not being able to communicate.
Probably so. Thatās sad, especially considering how poorly mental health is handled in these parts of the world. I guess theyāll just throw him in the nuthouse.
Itās a government agency. By the book so they donāt affect their retirement pensions. Each department seems to be the same. Compassion not required. Brain not required.
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Probably. However, which country would willingly pay the health care cost in such a situation? While also dealing with any future precedent?
I edited the word taiwanese out. Itās all government agencies worldwideā¦ I would normally not have sympathy for an illegal but a guy with dementia? They could have made a one time override
One time overrides can come back to haunt you.
Wouldnāt it be cruel to force a guy with dementia to live in a country where he canāt speak the language? As opposed to treating him in his home country?
Quite a lot of left leaning countries would let him stay anyway.
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