TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s legislative minority leader Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) has been fined NT$2,000 (US$61.50) for smoking in the national legislature.

The Taipei City Health Bureau said on Saturday (June 29) that it had fined Ker for smoking in a public place under the Tobacco Hazards Prevention Act, per CNA. The senior Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator was spotted smoking in the doorway of a meeting room on a public livestream on June 13.

Those who smoke in places prohibited under the act are liable to be fined between NT$2,000 and NT$10,000. 

The health bureau said it sent Ker a letter after it received the report of his smoking asking for a response within seven days of June 21. After receiving no response, the fine was imposed based on the livestream footage. 

Kuomintang Legislator Liu Tsai-wei (柳采葳) dobbed him in to the authorities after seeing him on the livestream. After he was spotted, Ker told reporters that he expected to be punished for smoking, and said he had set a bad example.