Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lin Shu-fen (林淑芬) led protesters from Yuanli Village (苑裡鎮), Miaoli with a petition against the InfraVest Wind Power Group (英華威公司) during a press conference yesterday, calling for the Group's wind turbine projects to be relocated due to safety concerns.

A man died on the weekend after walking backwards to take a photo and falling out of a window at a resort in Miaoli County.

The Taiwan High Court yesterday sentenced a man to six years in prison for raping a foreign woman who he had employed as a domestic helper.

Miaoli County has launched an initiative to develop a business zone near the future Miaoli high speed rail station, construction of which is under way, and plans to auction off rights to develop the site next year, a real estate agent said Wednesday.

A judge has used a Google Maps image showing an unleashed dog to hold a man responsible for his neighbor's bicycle accident.

Police formally identified yesterday a 22-year-old male student of Miaoli City's National United University (聯合大學) as the suspected Murderer of a female college graduate. The man, who is surnamed Lin, faces investigation by prosecutors on the charges of murder and sexual assault.

An 18-year-old female evening school student, surname Chuang, was fatally run over after a dispute in a karaoke establishment in Miaoli yesterday.

A vehicle ran into the fence of National Highway No. 3 yesterday evening, causing a fire and disrupting highway traffic. The driver of the vehicle was later found miles away from the accident site in a trance, the police said.

The Miaoli County government will provide sponsorship for less privileged students at a Miaoli County school to participate in an exchange program with a sister school in Japan, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said yesterday.

Police on Wednesday, Sept. 28, arrested three suspects in connection with a theft at a gas station in Chunan Township, Miaoli County, which kept cash and other valuables in five safe boxes of a kind used by half of all gas stations in the country.