Taiwan woman faces sexual assault charges after unwanted touching of taxi driver

The taxi driver experienced unwanted sexual contact during his work, causing sufficient distress to report the incident to police.

In the early morning hours of a November day in New Taipei City, a taxi driver's working night became the subject of a criminal case — not because of anything he did, but because of what was done to him. A passenger, returning from karaoke, touched him without consent and persisted when he resisted, later dismissing it as a joke. The case now before Taiwan's courts asks a question societies have long struggled to answer honestly: whether the absence of malicious intent absolves the presence of unwanted contact, and whether the law will hold the same standard regardless of who reaches across th

Taiwan woman faces sexual assault charges after unwanted touching of taxi driver

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