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A Man in Kaohsiung's Gangshan District Was Fined for Making 1,109 Calls to 119 (the Emergency Number for Emergency Services) in Just Six Months Using only Local Phone Lines.
The number of emergency calls to the 119 emergency hotline in Kaohsiung City has been increasing year by year, but last year an average of 404 calls per day were invalid, and malicious harassment calls accumulated to as many as 2,902, the highest in the past five years. City Councilor Lin Chih-hung pointed out that in the first half of this year alone, there were as many as 1,109 invalid calls from local calls, which have been occupying precious…
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The number of emergency calls to the 119 emergency hotline in Kaohsiung City has been increasing year by year, but last year an average of 404 calls per day were invalid, and malicious harassment calls accumulated to as many as 2,902, the highest in the past five years. City Councilor Lin Chih-hung pointed out that in the first half of this year alone, there were as many as 1,109 invalid calls from local calls, which have been occupying precious…