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Taiwan "prophet" charged over false forecast of apocalypse

Taiwan's prosecutors Thursday charged a self-proclaimed prophet with creating social disorder by falsely predicting a devastating natural disaster that caused widespread panic on the island.

Wang Chao-hung, who called himself 'Teacher Wang', would face up to 30,000 Taiwan dollars (1,000 US dollars) in fines or three days imprisonment if found guilty of spreading the false prediction.

The defendant warned on his blog that Taiwan would be hit by a magnitude-14 earthquake at 10:42 am (0242 GMT) Wednesday, which would trigger a 170-metre tsunami. He even built 200 shelters out of cargo containers in Puli Township in central Taiwan and urged people to buy the 'container homes' for shelter.

The warning caused public panic and an elderly man reportedly leapt from his fifth-story home in Taipei to avoid facing the apocalypse, police said. ...

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5/14/11 11:24 PM

westcoast reader

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Alan H wrote:
"Taiwan "prophet" charged over false forecast of apocalypse"
Gee! Can we do that here on May 22nd if Camping is wrong?

Camping IS wrong, no "if" about it.
Please don't jump out of a window "just in case".

5/14/11 2:42 PM

Jim Lincoln

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Very good of the Taiwanese prosecutors.

I believe in the Freedom of Religion and Speech, sometimes it is carried to far in this country. In any other business where many of the practices of t.v. evangelists would be considered a confidence game, it is entirely legal when done in the name of religion.

You can read about the exciting Jim Bakker on Wikipedia to get an idea what I'm talking about.

5/14/11 2:00 AM

Alan H

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"Taiwan "prophet" charged over false forecast of apocalypse"

Gee! Can we do that here on May 22nd if Camping is wrong?

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