Keelung District Court fines man for police baton attackBy Lin Chia-tung and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerA man who assaulted a driver with a police baton in a traffic altercation must pay NT$2,000 for carrying a banned weapon in his vehicle, the Keelung District Court ruled last month. The man, surnamed Chang (張), 47, was driving along an alley of Keelung’s Renyi Road when the vehicle driven by a man surnamed Chou (周) blocked his way, the court filing showed. Chang approached Chou with the baton, leading to an altercation in which both men were injured, it showed. A Taiwan High Speed Rail security guard displays a baton on a platform in Taipei Railway Station on May 13. A police source said that 31 items on the standard-issue police equipment list are banned for civilian use.

Source: Taipei Times June 05, 2021 15:56 UTC