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A disturbing stalking incident has raised alarm bells in New Taipei’s Zhonghe District, where a woman was harassed by a strange creepy man at the end of last month. The stalker followed her from Jin He Sports Park to her apartment and even made obscene gestures, wearing a balaclava to conceal his face. The terrified victim called the police, but even now, she’s afraid to go out on her own and her neighbors have put up warning signs. Let’s find out more.

A man sneaks into an alley, walks to the end, then turns back before suspiciously putting on a balaclava and looking around. He was stalking a woman until she noticed him, at which point he bolted. This stalking case took place last month in Zhonghe District in New Taipei. This man did not only stalk her, but also made obscene advances. Even now, the victimized woman is still afraid to go out on her own.

Victim (Anonymized)
Was stalked in Zhonghe
Extreme fear, persistent insomnia. I’m still too scared to go out alone at night, and when I get home, I still have the lingering fear that there’s someone in the house downstairs.

After being arrested, the 37-year-old man, surnamed Kao, claimed he only did it because he was bored. While the police handling the case determined that his actions did not meet the criteria of the Stalking and Harassment Prevention Act—as he did not repeatedly or continuously target a specific individual—he was still referred for prosecution under charges of harassment and public obscenity.

Boyfriend of victim (Anonymized)
Girlfriend was stalked
The police actually told me that the case would be rejected. He came to my building, wearing a balaclava and staring at my house. Doesn’t that count as surveillance? Or tailing? The district prosecutor’s office has made a case, but the police have written that it does not fall under the Stalking and Harassment Prevention Act.

Lin Chiu-chu
Zhonghe police precinct
Since this was a one-off incident, it is difficult to determine whether it meets the statutory elements of repeated and continuous conduct under the Stalking and Harassment Prevention Act. Therefore, a warning has not been issued at this time. The party concerned may raise an objection within ten days of receiving the notice.

The community has now posted notices warning people to be careful of this person. But the victim hopes that the man will be punished by the law, so that he will learn his lesson and prevent any more innocent women from falling victim to him.

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