Kaohsiung man fined NT$2,000 for going topless at the park
Kaohsiung man fined NT$2,000 for going topless at the park
2025-11-03
A frequent visitor to Dadong Wetlands Park in Kaohsiung was fined twice for going topless, for a total of NT$2,000. While it’s not an uncommon sight to see shirtless men exercising, this man in question was fined because Kaohsiung explicitly bans so-called “nudity” in parks. He’s also a repeat offender, according to other visitors and volunteers.
He’s really an unruly repeat offender hell-bent on violating the good morals in our park.
A topless man plays Frisbee with a couple of friends at the park. Some visitors feel uncomfortable seeing his naked torso.
Lin Nan-sheng
Dadong Wetlands Park volunteer
There are hundreds of groups visiting in the morning. He’s always topless. We’ve asked him many times to not go topless, but he wouldn’t listen.
That leaves volunteers no choice but to ask the police to step in. This man often exercises topless at Dadong Wetlands Park in Kaohsiung, because he finds the weather too hot. However, other visitors clearly do not enjoy seeing him like that. Already, he’s been fined twice by the Kaohsiung Parks Office, for a total of NT$2,000.
Chen Chin-hung
Kaohsiung Public Works Bureau
Being unclothed at the top affects the experience of other park visitors. Those who do not correct their behavior or leave the premises when asked to will be fined NT$1,000 to NT$6,000 in accordance with Article 20 of Kaohsiung City’s regulations on park management.
Turns out, there actually is a law prohibiting shirtlessness in parks in Kaohsiung, and violators could even end up with a fine. However, it’s quite common to see men going topless when exercising. But how does the public really feel?
Park visitor
Against toplessness
It’s not a pretty sight. It’s not so appropriate in public spaces.
Park visitor
Against toplessness
If a woman sees it, she might feel uncomfortable.
Park visitor
Not against toplessness
The visitors here are mostly old people coming to exercise. It’s really not such a big deal if someone takes off their shirt because it’s hot.
Basketball court user
Not against toplessness
It’s completely normal. When it gets hot people would take off their shirt and wipe themselves off.
Now that someone got slapped with a fine going topless at the park, what about other places like bike lanes, racing tracks or basketball courts? Well, there aren’t any relevant regulations in these spaces, and so the police says taking off one’s shirt while exercising wouldn’t result in a fine.
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高雄男子公園運動"打赤膊遭檢舉" 志工屢勸不聽開罰2千元
2025-11-03
高雄一名男子在高雄大東濕地公園打赤膊運動，因為公園規定「禁止赤身露體」，被民眾檢舉，經勸導後男子依舊不理，公園處因此依法，兩度開罰，共兩千元。
“這個真沒規矩的累犯，故意要來我們公園，要破壞我們公園的善良風俗”
一名打赤膊的男子與夥伴在公園運動玩飛盤，這景象就讓部分民眾覺得不太舒服，向志工隊反應。
[[高雄市養工處大東公園志工隊隊長 林南勝]]
“早上都幾百個以上的團體，因為他都打赤膊，跟他說你不要這樣，屢勸不聽。”
志工勸導沒有用只好找來警方幫忙，事發地點就在高雄大東濕地公園，這名男子是公園的常客，因為天氣太熱了，總是光著上身運動，但也因為這樣加上屢勸不聽，遭公園處開罰兩次，總共兩千元。
[[高雄市工務局公園處主秘 陳錦宏]]
“於公園內裸露上身，將影響其他民眾休憩品質，如經制止或命其離開而不從者，將依高雄市公園管理自治條例第20條規定，處新台幣1000元以上6000元以下罰鍰。”
公園場域因為有明文規定，因此能依法開罰，民眾有人贊成，也有人認為，運動過程，確實常看到有人打赤膊，感覺沒那麼嚴重。
[[民眾]]
“不雅觀啊，公共場合，不太好啦。”
[[民眾]]
“那如果女孩子看到說會覺得怪怪。”
[[民眾]]
“人家老人來這都老人做運動，有人熱把衣服脫起來這樣又沒什麼。”
[[球場民眾]]
“就很正常啊很熱啊，就會脫啊，擦一下毛巾這樣。”
公園運動打赤膊遭開罰，不過馬路上打赤膊慢跑或騎車、甚至運動場上也常常能看到有人打籃球脫上衣，因為沒有相關罰則不會開罰，警方說若是單純運動，打赤膊是不會收到罰單的。
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