Shipping Company General Manager Sentenced to 1 Year 10 Months for Assisting Chinese Man in Illegal Entry to Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung District Court sentenced a shipping agency's general manager to 1 year and 10 months and a maintenance worker to 1 year and 6 months in prison for assisting a Chinese national in illegal entry to Kaohsiung. The general manager was deemed the primary orchestrator, and both denied the charges.
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(Central News Agency reporter Chang Yi-Lien, Kaohsiung 12th) A Chinese man surnamed Li, who entered Kaohsiung illegally by taking a boat from Fujian and transferring to a cargo ship, has been sentenced. The general manager of a shipping agency, surnamed Huang, who assisted him in disembarking, and a maintenance worker surnamed Lin, who met him, were both sentenced by the Kaohsiung District Court for violating the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, receiving 1 year and 10 months, and 1 year and 6 months imprisonment respectively. The sentences can be appealed.
The Kaohsiung District Court judgment stated that in 2024, Huang contacted Li via a communication app, arranged for him to disembark from the cargo ship using a small boat, and then instructed Lin to meet him and settle him in a guesthouse in Qijin District, Kaohsiung City. Huang personally, or through Lin, provided Li with living expenses.
The judge, after reviewing witness testimonies and other relevant evidence, determined that Huang played a leading role in the crime, while Lin followed Huang's instructions. Both still deny the charges and have not genuinely reflected on the social unrest and danger caused by illegally bringing a Chinese national into Taiwan. Therefore, under the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area for illegally bringing a person from the Mainland Area into the Taiwan Area, Huang was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months, and Lin to 1 year and 6 months imprisonment. The sentences can be appealed.
The case originated when Chinese national Li, introduced by a Chinese individual nicknamed "Xiao Chen" in September 2023, took a fishing boat from a beach in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, and boarded the Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship "Xiangyun," which was anchored somewhere in the Taiwan Strait. He served as the shipowner's representative, responsible for ship supplies and cargo supervision. On October 7 of the same year, he entered Kaohsiung Port with the "Xiangyun."
After the "Xiangyun" docked, due to a malfunction in its rudder and failure to obtain qualified certification, the ship was to undergo dismantling. Li had not applied for an entry permit. In September 2024, Huang arranged for him to disembark and reside in a guesthouse in Qijin District, Kaohsiung City. After two months in Taiwan, Li surrendered to the Kaohsiung Harbor National Immigration Agency of the Ministry of the Interior and was subsequently sentenced to 30 days detention by the Kaohsiung District Court for violating the Immigration Act. (Editor: Chang Ya-Ching) 1150512
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(Central News Agency reporter Chang Yi-Lien, Kaohsiung 12th) A Chinese man surnamed Li, who entered Kaohsiung illegally by taking a boat from Fujian and transferring to a cargo ship, has been sentenced. The general manager of a shipping agency, surnamed Huang, who assisted him in disembarking, and a maintenance worker surnamed Lin, who met him, were both sentenced by the Kaohsiung District Court for violating the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area, receiving 1 year and 10 months, and 1 year and 6 months imprisonment respectively. The sentences can be appealed.
The Kaohsiung District Court judgment stated that in 2024, Huang contacted Li via a communication app, arranged for him to disembark from the cargo ship using a small boat, and then instructed Lin to meet him and settle him in a guesthouse in Qijin District, Kaohsiung City. Huang personally, or through Lin, provided Li with living expenses.
The judge, after reviewing witness testimonies and other relevant evidence, determined that Huang played a leading role in the crime, while Lin followed Huang's instructions. Both still deny the charges and have not genuinely reflected on the social unrest and danger caused by illegally bringing a Chinese national into Taiwan. Therefore, under the Act Governing Relations Between the People of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area for illegally bringing a person from the Mainland Area into the Taiwan Area, Huang was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months, and Lin to 1 year and 6 months imprisonment. The sentences can be appealed.
The case originated when Chinese national Li, introduced by a Chinese individual nicknamed "Xiao Chen" in September 2023, took a fishing boat from a beach in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, and boarded the Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship "Xiangyun," which was anchored somewhere in the Taiwan Strait. He served as the shipowner's representative, responsible for ship supplies and cargo supervision. On October 7 of the same year, he entered Kaohsiung Port with the "Xiangyun."
After the "Xiangyun" docked, due to a malfunction in its rudder and failure to obtain qualified certification, the ship was to undergo dismantling. Li had not applied for an entry permit. In September 2024, Huang arranged for him to disembark and reside in a guesthouse in Qijin District, Kaohsiung City. After two months in Taiwan, Li surrendered to the Kaohsiung Harbor National Immigration Agency of the Ministry of the Interior and was subsequently sentenced to 30 days detention by the Kaohsiung District Court for violating the Immigration Act. (Editor: Chang Ya-Ching) 1150512
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