A hostel owner in Taitung City was last week ordered to pay NT$30,000 (US$1,071) in compensation after he threatened political pundit Wang Ruei-deh (王瑞德) with assault for allegedly calling on his online followers to attack him.
Wang was seeking damages of NT$1 million over a dispute stemming from an online comment Pisces Youth Hostel owner Lin Ho-yi (林和誼) made after the deadly crash of a Taroko Express train on April 2 last year.
Lin wrote on Facebook that the derailment was “caused by Taiwan Railways Administration trolls,” sparking public anger and a subsequent media investigation that found Lin was operating the