After a quarrel, they used a spray gun to blast the door, and secretly filmed the couple breaking it off, fearing that the dog would lick it.

A husband surnamed Dong and his wife surnamed Chen had a rift in their relationship. He burned the door and floor of their room with a flamethrower and secretly took photos of his wife's private social media messages on her tablet. Although Mr. Dong argued that he "baked the door" because he was worried about mold growing on the door and that dogs would lick it, the Tainan District Court held that it was enough to wipe the mold away and there was no need to use fire. He was sentenced to 7 months in prison and could easily be fined.

Dong and Chen lived together in Tainan last year. Due to a rift in their relationship, Dong took advantage of Chen's unpreparedness and peeked into Chen's tablet photo album twice. He also used his mobile phone to take photos of 17 non-public communication records, dating photos, letters and air tickets between Chen and her friends, and saved them all in a flash drive. In early July last year, Dong Nan took out a gas torch outside the master bedroom door on the third floor of his residence and directly burned the wooden door and the adjacent ground, causing the door panel and floor surface to be severely burned and blackened.

Faced with the accusation, Dong Nan argued that the tablet was shared by two people. He suspected that his wife had been defrauded and intended to divorce, so he re-recorded the video to protect the family, and it was not stolen for no reason. Regarding the fire-baked door, he first said when the police inquired that he "wanted to bake the door to a color he likes." During the trial, he changed his story and said that "white mold grew on the door, so he was afraid of being licked by his pet dog, so he burned and repaired it." The floor was accidentally affected. Ms. Chen alleged that the tablet stored personal information, that the residence was hers alone, and that the door of the master bedroom was not moldy at all, so her husband was simply using excuses to shirk responsibility.

After the trial, the judge held that couples still have the right to privacy and that spouses have no obligation to endure comprehensive surveillance. Even if they are motivated to prevent fraud or protect the family, they cannot peek into the recording at will. As for the damaged parts, mold growth on the wooden door can be treated by wiping, drying or removing mildew. However, Dong Nan used a flamethrower to barbecue at high temperatures, which would inevitably lead to blackening and carbonization. There was direct intention to damage the door, and his defense was not credible. Considering that Dong Nan later denied the crime and failed to reconcile with his wife, he was sentenced to 7 months in prison for obstructing secrets and damaging the merger, and could easily be fined.