It's been such a long time! My time on the quiet has been much longer than I had planned, but it's been time well-spent tending to my work and life here in Saudi, chopping down the mountain of debt accumulated during the height of my legal battles against the dark forces of the National Taipei University of Nursing & Health Sciences, paying more attention to my role as the father of my two young sons, and keeping abreast of relevant news on the continued injustice of Taiwan's judiciary among other things. With some startling recent developments in the case of Zain Dean, a Briton convicted in Taipei District Court in July 2011 of manslaughter in the death of a Taiwanese man while allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, it's a very good time to pick up where I left off by introducing his case as a more spectacular example of the prejudice, ineptitude, lack of professionalism and the farce of Taiwan's law enforcement and courts.
Apparently fed up with being unable to prove his innocence and looking at a jail sentence increased to four years following his appeal of the original 2-1/2 year sentence, he managed to flee Taiwan late last year and is reportedly now in Switzerland, refusing to return to the island without an agreement from prosecutors there guaranteeing certain conditions including a re-trial.
Here are four recent news stories reporting on some of the latest developments in the Zain Dean case:
Ministry to ask Switzerland to arrest Zain Dean
No deal to be cut with Zain Dean: prosecutors
Convicted killer absconds
British citizen goes on the run with fake passport
Apparently fed up with being unable to prove his innocence and looking at a jail sentence increased to four years following his appeal of the original 2-1/2 year sentence, he managed to flee Taiwan late last year and is reportedly now in Switzerland, refusing to return to the island without an agreement from prosecutors there guaranteeing certain conditions including a re-trial.
Here are four recent news stories reporting on some of the latest developments in the Zain Dean case:
Ministry to ask Switzerland to arrest Zain Dean
No deal to be cut with Zain Dean: prosecutors
Convicted killer absconds
British citizen goes on the run with fake passport
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