
Current arson charge for an accidental fire in a residential building
After putting food on the stove, the client fell asleep for a while, but when he woke up, his house was on fire and he was rescued by firefighters, but after a while, he came to Ongang Law Firm complaining that he was being investigated by the police for 'arson of a prefectural building'. The client had a history of making frequent 112 calls, such as 'I am about to commit suicide', and had a history of attempted arson and obstruction of public administration, so the police strongly suspected that the fire was an attempt to commit suicide or self-harm, and to make matters worse, the fire forensic examination by the National Bureau of Investigation resulted in an appraisal opinion stating that it was 'difficult to believe it was a real fire'. Since the client was on probation at the time, he was expected to be sentenced to imprisonment if he was found guilty of arson of a residential building, which is only punishable by imprisonment, and the probation he had previously been sentenced to was also invalidated, resulting in a very embarrassing situation where he had to serve a double sentence. Ongang Law Firm's defense team was able to prove that the client's actions before falling asleep and the subsequent waking up and waiting for rescue were not the same.