A drunk homeless man attacked a railway cleaning supervisor in the main hall of Taipei Main Station and was arrested on the spot, a bad sign for staff safety at Taiwan's busiest transit hub.

• A man surnamed Huang, long known to hang around the station, drank and started causing a scene in the main hall on Tuesday evening.
• Travelers alerted a Taiwan Railway cleaning supervisor surnamed Chen, who asked him to stop and was punched instead.
• Railway police arrived, pinned him down, and arrested him on the spot under the Railway Act.
• Obstructing railway staff by force or threat carries up to three years in prison and a fine of up to NT$300,000.

Outlook: Huang is being questioned at the railway police station in Taipei and is likely to be referred to prosecutors under the Railway Act.