Taipei: A Taipei court today sentenced a great-grandson of former Taiwanese leader Chiang Kai-shek to six months in prison for making threats against staff at his former school.
Andrew Chiang You-ching, 24, was convicted at the Shilin district court of intimidation charges for posting threats against the Taipei American School on Facebook as well as emailing them to its staff last year.
He can appeal the ruling or pay a fine of $5,800 in exchange for not serving the sentence, the court said.
Local media said he used the words "slaughter" and "bomb" in his Facebook messages and he was also reported to have shouted and made offensive gestures outside the school.
Chiang is a scion of Taiwan's most prominent political families as the youngest of the three children of Chiang Hsiao-yung, the grandson of the late nationalist Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek.
Andrew Chiang was born in Canada and spent a long time in the United States. He was reportedly expelled by the Taipei American School eight years ago for missing too many classes.
Andrew Chiang You-ching, 24, was convicted at the Shilin district court of intimidation charges for posting threats against the Taipei American School on Facebook as well as emailing them to its staff last year.
He can appeal the ruling or pay a fine of $5,800 in exchange for not serving the sentence, the court said.
Local media said he used the words "slaughter" and "bomb" in his Facebook messages and he was also reported to have shouted and made offensive gestures outside the school.
Chiang is a scion of Taiwan's most prominent political families as the youngest of the three children of Chiang Hsiao-yung, the grandson of the late nationalist Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek.
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Andrew Chiang was born in Canada and spent a long time in the United States. He was reportedly expelled by the Taipei American School eight years ago for missing too many classes.
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