Taiwan's notorious wedding crashers fined NT$140,000

台灣臭名昭彰的婚宴蟑螂罰款新台幣14萬元

The mother-daughter duo made headlines last year for sneaking into a stranger's wedding and crazily packingup food to go


TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - The Taipei District Court has ruledthat anotoriousmother-daughter wedding crasher duo, who wreaked havoc at weddings across northern Taiwan must pay fine of NT$140,000 (US$4,570)combinatively.

The mother-daughter duo made headlines last November for sneaking into a stranger's wedding, crazily packingup food to go and even interrupting other people while they were still eating. They were soon identified as notorious wedding crashers by the groom's relatives and were confronted by police at the wedding party.

The incident was brought to social media and made headlines as the two partners were identified by netizens as repeat offenders of crashing people's weddings, and asdine-and-dash customers.

The daughter, surnamed Wang (王), and her mother, surnamed Sung (宋), havealready racked up a record of running up big, unpaid tabs at restaurants. Last year, Wangand Sung made orders ofdumplings, chicken soup, and other items from different restaurants, for which they said they"don't have money to pay" when asked to pay the bills. Wang was also accused of sending threatening messages to restaurant owners.

After being prosecuted by Taipei District Prosecutors Offices, the district court made a ruling today that the mother must serve60 days in jail, in which can be commuted to a fine of NT$60,000; thedaughter must serve80 days, in which can be commuted to a fine of NT$80,000.

Besides the fine, the both are required to pay back the restaurant ownersfor the unpaid items, which amounts to NT$4,715(US$154).

Both have the right to appeal to a higher court.