A normal train ride on Taipei’s subway turned into a wild scene when a fight over a priority seat broke out between a young passenger and a 73-year-old woman. The incident happened on Monday, September 29, at around 4 PM on the Tamsui-Xinyi Line. It has got people across Taiwan talking about train manners and who should get priority seats. The fight started when the elderly woman, whose last name is Tseng, walked up to a passenger sitting in a priority seat and told them to get up. Reports say there were other empty seats on the train at the time. When the passenger said no, Tseng got angry and hit them over and over with her bag. Video of the incident shows the passenger, who was wearing a pencil dress, calmly giving their shopping bag to another person on the train. As Tseng got ready to swing her bag again, the passenger stood up and kicked the elderly woman. The kick sent her flying across the train car and into a seat on the other side. Other passengers were stunned. The video quickly went viral on social media, getting millions of views and thousands of comments. Unexpected turn leads to arrest While the viral video got everyone talking about the fight, the story took a strange turn just two days later. On Wednesday morning, October 1, Tseng was arrested outside a convenience store on Yanping North Road. She had reportedly been causing trouble inside the shop. https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1nu28tw/elderly_woman_harasses_another_lady_and_faces/?embed_host_url=https://www.news18.com/viral/taipei-woman-kicks-elderly-granny-in-wwe-style-for-disturbing-inside-train-coach-aa-ws-l-9608610.html But here’s the twist. The arrest had nothing to do with the subway fight. Police said Tseng had been wanted on an outstanding warrant for theft from the Shilin District Prosecutors Office. Local news reports say she had been arrested before and even spent time in jail for shoplifting in 2023. In June, she was told to serve 55 days in prison for theft but never showed up. This led police to issue the warrant for her arrest. The Taipei Mass Rapid Transit said a station manager got on the train after passengers reported what happened over the intercom. The manager dealt with the situation right away. The Red Line kept running normally, and neither person pressed charges over the fight at first. The Taipei Police Department’s Rapid Transit Division said both Tseng and the young passenger will be called in for questioning. They might have broken the Social Order Maintenance Act. Each person could face a fine of up to 18,000 New Taiwan dollars, which is about $600. The incident has got people talking again about priority seat rules. Many people online have pointed out that priority seats are meant for passengers who really need them because of health issues, not just for elderly passengers.