Coffee with an immigration cop

By Trista di Genova, The Wild East I met my immigration police friend, Eric, at a café today for an informative chat. It’s always nice to run by him questions regarding all the tricky situations foreigners get into in Taiwan. He’s always been so helpful in this regard, even meeting

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Defense 'optimistic' in Scotsman's hit-and-run trial

By Trista di Genova, for The Wild East February 18th hearing, 10:10am Taipei District Courthouse, Bo Ai Rd. The courtroom filled up punctually, with about 20 foreigners, observers who are as myself concerned members of the expatriate community in Taiwan in this case. Two of the victim’s family members –

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Last hearing to determine Scotsman’s fate in hit-and-run trial

By Trista di Genova, The Wild East Media are invited to attend the last hearing in the trial of Zain Dean, on Feb. 18th, 2011, 10am in Room 10 at the Taipei District Courthouse on BoAi Rd. Dean is a Scotsman accused in a hit-and-run accident and death of a

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