The Supreme Administrative Court stood by its original verdict to send the woman, surnamed Lei, back to her native country on the grounds of her crime.

Police arrested Lei in 2004 after they caught her having sexual relations with a man surnamed Yang in a Taipei City hotel. Police said Lei had met up with the same man at the same location a month earlier.

Lei married a Taiwanese veteran surnamed Chang in 2004 and was granted temporary residence that same year. The Ministry of the Interior revoked her residence status, and ruled her ineligible to reapply for residence in the next five years.

Lei said in her letter of appeal that she was tricked into the job and had no idea that it involved prostitution. She denied ever engaging in sexual relations with Yang.

She continued that her husband is a veteran who is over 80 years old and who needs her to take care of him. Lei added that the court’s ruling was too harsh considering it was only her first arrest.

The court ruled her arguments to be unreasonable, and reiterated its original ruling to repatriate Lei.

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