Acquittal of railway policeman killer overturned 02/24/2021 04:40 PM To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Railway policeman Lee Cheng-han (second right) intervenes after the defendant refused to pay the fare. File photo courtesy of a bystander Tainan, Feb. 24 (CNA) The Tainan branch of the Taiwan High Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court's acquittal of a man charged with homicide for stabbing a railway policeman who bled to death by sentencing him to 17 years in jail. The court announced its verdict via video conference, and the defendant, a man in his mid-50s identified by his family name Cheng (鄭), showed no emotion when he heard his fate.