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Man falls to his death: dog arrested

February 17 2003 at 05:45AM



Taipei - Police in the Taiwanese county of Ilan arrested a dog on Sunday in connection with the death of an 85-year-old man, who died after falling off a hospital bed recently.

The man, identified only as Lin, was treated for a bite wound on his right leg at a hospital in Ilan before his fall.

"He was attacked by the dog when he passed by a betel nut vendor in January and was left with a six centimetre cut caused by the bite," a police officer said.

"The family of the old man claimed that were it not for the dog bite, Lin would not have checked into the hospital and would never have fallen from the hospital bed," the officer said.

The family holds the dog's owner liable for the tragedy and demanded compensation, the officer said. But the owner claimed the dog was a stray which he took pity on and fed with leftovers.

The officer said they finally decided to arrest the dog pending further investigations before deciding what to do with it.
- Sapa-DPA

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