In 2016, Yuanji Company dumped waste in Linyuan Wetland Park, Kaohsiung City. The lake was dyed yellow and red, and fish and jellyfish died instantly.

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The person in charge who dyed Linyuan Wetland Park into a yellow-red lake 7 years ago was exempted from customs

[Reporters Zhang Ruizhen, Hong Chenhong, Huang Jialin/Comprehensive Report] As early as 2016, Yuanji Company was involved in the waste pickling solution pollution case, which dyed the water of the U-shaped lagoon in Linyuan Wetland Park in Kaohsiung City. Yellow and red, fish and upside-down jellyfish died instantly, causing ecological catastrophe. Although the Kaohsiung Branch of the High Court sentenced the person in charge at the time, who was also surnamed Lin, to one year and five months, the sentence was suspended on the grounds that the defendant of Xianji Company had no relevant criminal record. Four years; I didn't expect that after the principal culprit in this case was exonerated by the judge, the Yuanji Company intensified and committed more serious pollution crimes in the central and northern regions, and became a killer of unscrupulous ecological destruction across the south and north of Taiwan.

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fined 1.5 million and probation for 4 years

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In this case of Yuanji Company’s violation of the Waste Disposal Act, when the Kaohsiung District Court pronounced the sentence, the person in charge surnamed Lin was sentenced to one year and six months without a suspended sentence; The person in charge, he was also involved in the case of Linyuan Wetland Park, but was finally found not guilty.

After the case was appealed, the Kaohsiung Branch of the High Court commuted the sentence of the person in charge of the surname Lin to one year in May, with a four-year probation. It was used by a fisherman surnamed Guo. Feilin voluntarily sold the product. Considering that he had no other relevant criminal record of violating the waste disposal law and endangering the natural ecological environment, and was willing to pay 1.5 million yuan to the state treasury, the judge determined that he had gone through the investigation process. Based on the lessons learned from punishment, one should be vigilant and vigilant without the risk of recidivism, so a suspended sentence is declared to facilitate self-rehabilitation.

Linyuan Ocean Wetland Park is located at the junction of Gangpu and Gangzuili, Linyuan District. There is a century-old pristine mangrove forest, which was damaged by driftwood during the August 8 typhoon. The Kaohsiung City Government invested in the construction of the wetland park, which accidentally attracted creatures such as upside-down jellyfish Stationed; Since the man-made disaster caused by Yuanji, the surrounding community has strengthened the monitoring settings and has become a key area for police patrols.