TAIWAN: DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED IN ENDLESS CASE

Taiwan’s longest running criminal case headed again to the Supreme Court after the High Court convicted three defendants in a kidnapping and murder case for the 11th time. Chiou Ho-shun was sentenced to death for the 11th time, while Wu Shu-chen and Lin Kun-ming were sentenced jail in the 22-year-old case. On December 21, 1987, 10-year-old Lu went missing after school in Hsinchu City. A kidnapper telephoned his home and demanded a ransom which was paid, however Lu was never released.