A 60-year-old local figure in Taoyuan has been charged with groping a female aide to a mayoral candidate during a campaign dinner, a case that puts a spotlight on harassment inside Taiwan's retail politics.

• Prosecutors in Taoyuan indicted the man over three separate incidents of grabbing and rubbing the woman's shoulders and arms.
• It happened in May at a seafood restaurant in Bade, while DPP mayoral candidate Huang Shih-chieh worked the room table by table.
• The two did not know each other; the aide was simply accompanying the candidate on his rounds.
• She filed a complaint, police investigated, and the man was released on bail while the case was built.

Outlook: The case now moves to court under Taiwan's sexual harassment prevention law, and it lands as Taoyuan's mayoral race heats up.