The Taiwan High Court has sentenced prominent author and media personality Lucifer Chu to 11 months in prison for indecent assault. The ruling came after Chu failed to reach a settlement with Chung Pei-chun, a Taipei City councilor who accused Chu of forcibly kissing her at a Taipei restaurant two years ago.
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00:00Prominent Taiwanese author and media personality Lucifer Zhu has received an 11-month prison
00:06sentence for indecent assault.
00:09The ruling came after Zhu failed to reach a settlement with Zhong Peijun, a Taipei City
00:13counselor from the Kuomintang.
00:15Zhong accused Zhu of forcibly kissing her twice at a Taipei restaurant two years ago.
00:21The high court ruling reduced a district court sentence by three months, saying Zhu had a
00:25change in attitude.
00:27The case came to light last year in the wake of Taiwan's 2022 Me Too movement.