Polam Kopitiam food poisoning deaths in Taiwan: Victims’ families to receive record govt payout


Six people died after eating at the Malaysian restaurant in Taipei in 2024. -- PHOTO: POLAM KOPITIAM

TAIPEI (The Straits Times/ANN): The families of six people who died of food poisoning after dining at a Malaysian restaurant in Taiwan will receive in total a record sum of NT$10.8 million (S$436,944 - RM1.45mil) in government compensation, Taiwanese media reported.

The six victims fell seriously ill and died after eating Polam Kopitiam’s flat rice noodle at the restaurant chain’s Xinyi outlet in Taipei between March 19 and 24 in 2024.

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