A gold medal gymnastics coach surnamed Liang died suddenly within 15 days of being in prison. The Qiaotou District Prosecutor's Office re-examined the autopsy today. The cause of death was suspected to be sepsis, and no external factors were ruled out.

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[Reporter Cai Qinghua/Kaohsiung Report] A gold-medal gymnastics coach surnamed Xiaoliang from a certain country in Kaohsiung was accused of sexually assaulting and molesting two female students. He was sentenced by the Supreme Court to 6 years and 10 months in prison. Unexpectedly, he died suddenly after 15 days in prison. Or he died of a serious serious illness. The Qiaotou District Prosecutor's Office re-examined the autopsy today. The cause of death was suspected to be sepsis, and external factors were ruled out.

The prosecutor re-examined the autopsy at the municipal funeral home this afternoon, collected internal organs and other organ specimens for examination, and clarified the real cause of death. The preliminary examination found that the deceased died of sepsis caused by bacterial infection, which was suspected to be caused by cardiovascular disease and bacterial invasion of buttock trauma.

The exact results are subject to a formal autopsy report.

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From March 16, 1991 to 2008, a coach surnamed Liang worked as a full-time gymnastics coach in an elementary school in Kaohsiung City. During the period when he was in charge of teaching female students competitive gymnastics, he was suspected of being in the residence, the school gymnastics room, restaurants in Taipei, Hualien, Pingtung, etc. Mo Tie, who sexually assaulted or touched the breasts and lower body of two female students 17 times, was prosecuted for the crime of obstructing sexual autonomy and compulsory indecency.

After the trial of the first and second instance judges, they only found that the coach surnamed Liang violated the two female students, and the rest were either insufficient evidence or the statute of limitations expired.

The Qiaotou District Prosecutor's Office notified the coach surnamed Liang to serve his sentence. On February 23 this year, he was transferred to Kaohsiung No. 2 Prison for execution. The prison authorities knew that he had cardiovascular disease and hip trauma, and arranged for an outpatient clinic in prison.

Unexpectedly, he was discovered by prison staff on March 8. His physical condition was abnormal and he was rushed to the hospital, where he died the next day.