Man suspected of sending live worms in mail as threats caught: police

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese man has been arrested on suspicion of sending threatening letters containing live mealworms and ceremonial money—traditionally used in rituals for the dead—to local celebrities, police said on Wednesday.

The case was first reported last month when a record company received a letter addressed to pop singer Jam Hsiao which contained a bag of crawling worms and similar letters were also mailed to a well-known lawyer, an entertainment industry agent and a chain restaurant.