Issue came down to the fact that after the husband caught them, he chose to record the wife in their shared home, which she also had a right to privacy inside even during an affair. Her right to privacy in the home overcame his affirmative defense of needing the recording for evidence in civil litigation.
This is all in Taiwanese court so I have no idea on how rights or laws or court procedure works there, to be fair. So I can’t say if this a precedental ruling or common type of enforcement, or how likely it is to be upheld if appealed. I just hate inflammatory headlines.
Also important to note, that he was given the option to convert the 5 months into a NT$150,000 fine and serve no time. That’s about the equivalent of USD$4700.
In the divorce, he was awarded NT$500,000 from his ex wife. So even paying the fine he’d still come out ~USD$11,000 ahead.
Also important to note, that he was given the option to convert the 5 months into a NT$150,000 fine and serve no time. That’s about the equivalent of USD$4700.
Ah, so the classic “it’s only a crime if you’re poor” response from the courts. Cool.
When I started to read this after registering Husband jailed for using robot vacuum to… My mind naturally went elsewhere.
