The family of an Israeli arrested after a brawl in Taiwan turned to Arden: "In serious medical condition"

An argument between 31-year-old salesman Lior Ben-Yosef and another driver in Taiwan ended in the arrest of the Israeli, who lasted more than two months.

His family members turned to the UN ambassador for help: "He was denied treatment and we are very worried about his life."

Yoav Itiel

17/01/2022

Monday, 17 January 2022, 16:34 Updated: 20:28

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In the video: Lior Ben Yosef in a conversation from the prison in Taiwan with his family members about the difficult conditions of imprisonment (Photo: Courtesy of the family, Editing: Amit Simcha)

Israeli Lior Ben-Yosef has been imprisoned in Taiwan for more than two months and his family, who hired the services of lawyer Nir Jaslovitch, turned to Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations, former Minister Gilad Ardan, begging him to intervene on his behalf with his Taiwanese counterpart and release him. Petah Tikva, a salesman who moved to Taiwan more than two years ago following a business opportunity, ran a cosmetics store in a mall whose profits continued to support his mother in Israel. "He is a child of a family.

A good boy who always helped his family.

He also chose a position during his military service where he can continue to help at home, "say his sisters, Michal, Maya and Meirav. He has a local partner who also continues to try and help him.

As far as Lior's family knows in Israel, it all started when during a routine ride on his motorcycle he crossed a white stop line, while another foreign driver remarked that it was not acceptable in the country, but Lior ignored the comment and when the light turned green, he continued driving.

"There is a practice of filming traffic offenses and sending them to the police and even receiving a financial reward for it, but this driver who apparently preferred to take the law into his hands drove after Lior while trying to run over him and later blocked his way with the vehicle," say family members in Israel.

"Lior just asked him 'Are you trying to kill me?'

"An argument developed between the two that turned to violence," the family claims, and according to his relatives, the other driver pulled out a sharp object and stabbed Lior in the hand.

"The lawyer's letter to the UN ambassador was accompanied by a picture of the injury. According to the family, Lior had no choice and so out of a desire to defend himself he returned the driver a blow in response and at this point he became from being attacked to being an attacker."

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"I'm in the dungeon. I'm starving."

Lior Ben Yosef (Photo: courtesy of the family)

Adv. Nir Jaslovitch (Photo: Walla! NEWS, Eli Maayan)

Three days later, the police contacted Lior Ben Yosef's partner, in an attempt to find out details about the incident.

Advocate Jaslovitz says that as a result, Ben-Yosef arrived at the station independently and on his own initiative, to hand over his version

. The incident was much more serious and they arrested him on suspicion of assaulting and robbing the other driver, apparently for snatching a draw from his hands during the fight, perhaps to find out his details. Difficult.

"I'm in the dungeon. I'm starving. I'm in a snake den, in a wasp's nest," Ben Yosef was heard sobbing in a conversation that allowed him to make it to jail for family members only about two months or more after he was arrested, "I do not know how God put me here. They do not like me here. I know That I am not guilty and they do not care. " Lior Ben - Yosef's mother and sisters are having a hard time funding the efforts to release him and have set up a fundraising fund. "He is accused of wrong things. He could go to prison for ten years until life imprisonment - just. And in the meantime if he was not a foreigner then during the trial he certainly could have been released but instead he is in a terrible detention facility. The consul who saw him in court reported to us "He lost 15 kilograms and reached a position where he could not stand on his feet and was helped by a wheelchair," they say.

"Lior does not receive medication that he is being treated with, he is denied medical treatment and his life is in danger. As a result, he is taken to a hospital," Adv. Jaslovitch noted in his letter to Ambassador Gilad Ardan. Exploited and beaten.

He is in a difficult medical and mental condition, he was denied treatment and we are very worried about his life. "

The letter was sent to Arden (Photo: courtesy of the family)

Advocate Jaslovitch told Walla!

First of all, the defense team will do everything in its power to improve Lior's detention conditions, along with making a supreme effort to return him to Israel, with the full cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is in constant contact with me in all matters.

" "Well, to the various Foreign Ministry officials and the Israeli representatives in Taipei," the Foreign Ministry was told in a response, "due to the privacy of the individual, we will not address the circumstances of the arrest and the events that led to it.

It should be noted that in order to take care of the humanitarian aspects of his detention in the detention facility, Israeli representatives in Taipei visited Lior in prison several times, and also talked to him, his family and the authorities on these issues.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Israeli representatives in Taipei will continue to assist the citizen in consular and humanitarian matters as needed. "

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