Chris Wang becomes first Taiwanese celebrity to receive prison time in #MeToo movement
On May 24, the Taipei District Court sentenced Taiwanese actor Chris Wang to eight months in prison for sexually assaulting a female colleague in 2016.
The 41-year-old is the first Taiwanese High-profile people caught up in the #MeToo wave and convicted of crimes.
Chris Focus Taiwan reported on the indecent assaults on women.
An investigation revealed that the man gave the woman a ride home and asked to use the bathroom, then straddled her lap, held down her hands and began groping her, eventually ceasing his actions when she fought back.
The court noted that Chris had not reached a settlement with the victim and had not taken any steps for compensation.
The defendant also improperly contacted victims and witnesses in the incident before the court had the opportunity to cross-examine him during the trial, leading authorities to believe he lacked remorse.
Jackie Heung warns Seungri to ‘get out’ of Hong Kong
Rumors about disgraced former Big Bang member Seungri have been circulating on the internet, one rumor in particular that has angered Hong Kong actor Jacky Hung.
After reading unconfirmed reports about Seungri’s plans to open a nightclub in Hong Kong, Jackie, 39, slammed the 33-year-old on her Instagram and Weibo accounts yesterday.
“There are rumours that you have come to settle in Hong Kong, China. Never mind that. But you are trying to bring your country’s bad habits to ours. Get out of here now!” Jackie wrote in the caption of the post.
“If you open a nightclub here and bring bad culture, it will never be tolerated. And even worse, you want to support Hong Kong independence. This is intolerable! Get out!”
In 2019, Seungri was sentenced to 18 months in prison for aiding and abetting prostitution and embezzlement.
He was the co-founder of the Seoul nightclub Burning Sun and faced charges of sex crimes, including drugging women, trafficking them to celebrities and distributing non-consensual sex videos in chat rooms.
He quit the boy band after the scandal.
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Cause of singer Park Boram’s death revealed
South Korean singer Park Boram passed away suddenly last month, and the cause of death has now been revealed through a final autopsy report.
According to the Namyangju Southern Police Station in Seoul, the 30-year-old man died of acute alcohol poisoning.
At the time of her death, she was known to have been in poor health due to liver lesions and fatty liver disease.
Police told Korean media that Boram was in possession of a bottle of soju along with two friends.
According to previous reports, she had gone to the bathroom while drinking at a friend’s house around 9:55 pm on April 11th.
When her friends noticed she hadn’t returned after a while, they went to check on her and found her lying on the bathroom floor.
They called emergency services and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on her until medical help arrived. She was taken to Hanyang University Guri Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 11:17 pm.
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