Man sentenced to 3 months in prison for catching wife cheating

A Taiwanese court has sentenced a man to three months in prison for invading his adulterous wife's privacy by installing hidden cameras around their home.

Chinese media recently reported the unusual story of a Taiwanese man surnamed Fan who managed to land himself behind bars for daring to expose his wife's cheating by installing cameras around their home.

The couple were reportedly married for several years and had two young children in 2022 when Mr Fan began to suspect his wife was having an affair.

He installed a camera under the piano in the living room of the family home and another next to the computer in the master bedroom.

About two weeks later, cameras caught Fan's wife and a mystery man having sex in the family home, footage the husband later used as grounds for divorce.

In February 2022, Fan invited his wife and her lawyer to divorce negotiations, but they could not reach an agreement, so Fan filed a civil lawsuit against his wife seeking damages.

Little did he know that his wife had an ace up her sleeve. She went to the local police station and accused her husband of invading her privacy by installing hidden cameras around their home without her consent.

Fan's wife eventually filed a lawsuit against him, and her excuse that he installed the cameras out of fear for his children who often complained about their mother spending an unusually long time in the bathroom did not go down well with the judge.

In late 2016, the Taoyuan Court sentenced Mr. Fan to three months in prison for secretly filming other people's private activities without their consent and without a valid reason.

The Taiwanese man appealed the decision, but the Taoyuan High Court recently rejected his appeal and upheld the original verdict.

Mr Fan must now spend three months behind bars for catching his wife cheating on him in the family home.

The bizarre case has sparked heated debate on Taiwanese and Chinese social media about the boundaries between privacy and collecting evidence of adultery, as well as the impact of modern technology on family matters.

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