COACH FIRE DRIVER JUST GOT FIVE YEARS FOR RAPE|火燒車駕駛曾涉犯性侵 被判刑5年

Another new discovery has been made in the case of the coach fire incident. After prosecutors found that the driver Su Ming-Cheng was driving while intoxicated, it was revealed that Su was convicted of raping a female tour guide in 2013. He was sentenced to 5 years of imprisonment by the High Court last month. Now persecutors are trying to find out if there's a connection between these two cases. In the investigation of the coach fire incident that caused 26 deaths, forensic evidence has confirmed that the driver Su Ming-Cheng's blood, urine, and stomach content all tested positive for alcohol. Now it has been revealed that Su had attempted to sexually assault a female guide in Hualien while working for a tour group back in 2013. Su was convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison for the rape charge on June 24th. He was also ordered to pay NT$900,000 in compensation. Su took a one-week leave ahead of the sentence hearing. The Chinese tour group was his first assignment after he returned to work. ==LIN CHING-HUA, Owner, Bus Operator== We didn't know about his criminal record since the information was not made public. Su was a quiet man and mostly kept to himself. The travel agency owner is reluctant to comment on Su's criminal record and only said that Su was a loner and mostly kept to himself. Su was sentenced to 5 years in prison in the rape case. He appealed the verdict but the sentence was upheld by the Hualien High Court. Under current regulations, people who have been convicted of serious criminal offenses such as murder or robbery are not allowed to register and work as taxi drivers, but the regulations do not apply to coach drivers. ==LIANG KUO-KUO, Executive Secretary, Directorate General of Highways== He was a registered coach driver. We may need to review our regulations on driver's records. Prosecutors are now trying to find out if there's a connection between Su's drunk driving and the bus fire. The case is still pending investigation. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 陸客團火燒車案情又有新發展，在檢調查出遊覽車司機蘇明成涉嫌酒駕後，再爆出蘇明成曾經在2013年，犯下性侵女導遊案件，上個月底剛被高院 判刑五年，這是否與蘇明成火燒車事件有關，仍有待釐清。 桃園陸客火燒車意外造成26死的慘劇，除了29號法醫驗出駕駛蘇明成血液尿液和胃袋都有酒精反應，今天又有平面媒體爆出，蘇明成曾經在2013年出團到花蓮時，企圖性侵一位女性導遊，上個月24號，二審剛宣判5年有期徒刑，賠償90萬，而蘇明成在宣判前一週就請假，這次接的陸客團，就是他判刑後第一次出團。 ==聲音來源 玫瑰石通運公司負責人 林靖華== 這件事情我不曉得耶 因為這是個資的問題 我沒有辦法去了解 他沉默寡言個性比較孤僻 施行社老闆對於蘇明成過去的犯行記錄不願多談，但強調蘇明成個性孤僻，常常獨來獨往，而根據判決書，蘇明成一審被判刑5年，曾不服提出上訴，但遭花蓮高分院駁回，維持一審判決。根據現行法令，只有計程車司機犯殺人、搶劫、強盜等刑事罪，才禁止取得職業登記證，大客車等駕駛，都還沒有相關規範。 ==聲音來源 公路總局運輸管理中心 副執行秘書 梁郭國== 它(遊覽車駕駛登記)是目前主要 針對駕駛的經驗的部分 我們可能會再來做一個檢討 目前檢方偵辦重點，已轉向蘇明成涉嫌酒後駕車，和車內起火的關聯，所有的謎團也有待檢方抽絲剝繭，找出真相。 記者 李曉儒 林志堅 台北報導