A male associate professor surnamed Zhang from a national university in Taipei City invited a female student assistant to his laboratory on the pretext of giving her a massage, and ordered her to take off her clothes and pants and sexually assaulted her. He also repeatedly asked her, "Is this comfortable?" After the female assistant escaped from the clutches, she told the female classmate the whole story and examined her injuries and called the police. The Taipei District Court recently found that the victim's three testimonies were consistent, and sentenced Zhang to four years and two months in prison for the crime of forced sexual intercourse. Can be appealed.
The verdict pointed out that Zhang Nan and the murdered girl had a teacher-student relationship. Zhang Nan had helped her introduce opportunities for off-campus internships and asked her to be an assistant during class on weekdays. Zhang Nan thought her family was not well-off and hired her as a summer assistant at his own expense of 20,000 yuan per month.
The verdict pointed out that Zhang Nan made an appointment with the victim to discuss how to write a thesis in his personal research room on campus at noon on July 12, 2025. After the victim arrived, Zhang Nan locked the door, laid a mat on the floor, claimed that he wanted to massage her, and gradually ordered her to take off her clothes and lie on the ground. After pressing her breasts, he inserted his fingers into her private parts and penetrated her.
During this period, the victim was too scared to move. Zhang Nan asked her, "Is this comfortable?" He also said that if you have no sexual experience, it will be more painful, and asked her to "relax and you will have an orgasm." The victim tried to block the attack, and Zhang Nan threatened her, "If you keep doing this, I will really do something to you."
In order to escape, the victim said that she had made an appointment with her parents to have dinner nearby. Her parents had already arrived and she was released successfully. When she escaped, she called her female classmate. Before the call was answered, she heard Zhang Nan's footsteps approaching. She hurriedly hung up. After escaping from the school, she called another female classmate to make an urgent appointment. After meeting, she told her what had happened. While talking, the victim was overcome with emotion, trembling with anger and crying. After hearing this, the female classmate invited another female classmate to come, and the three of them went to the hospital to examine her injuries and call the police.
Associate Professor Zhang denies sexual assault, arguing, "I never did anything to her from beginning to end." He claims that he was falsely accused by the woman, and his DNA was not detected in her private parts, which shows that the allegation of assault is not true.
However, the Taipei District Court Collegiate Court, based on the evidence collected by police forensics personnel, found male DNA matching Zhang’s gender on the front inner layer of the victim’s bra, and the victim testified in the police interrogation, prosecutor’s interrogation, and court. The entire testimony was consistent throughout the three times. Personal experience is difficult to fabricate, and female classmates also testified that the victim was shaking, crying, and emotionally broken during her statement, which was very different from usual. The judge believed that the victim's reaction after the crime was consistent with possible reactions after sexual assault, and was not a frame-up, and found Zhang guilty.
The verdict was harshly criticized. In order to satisfy his own selfish desires, Zhang Nan took advantage of the teacher-student relationship to commit crimes, causing serious physical and mental harm to the victim, seriously affecting campus ethics, safety and social security. He was sentenced to 4 years and February for the crime of forced sexual intercourse.
