Here’s another source in English: http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201407050013.aspx
Though the self-made “Fusor” has proven a hit online, it hasn’t been tested to verify it actually does anything. And applied sciences department head Lin Chih-ming made a point of clarifying that it is not in fact a fusion reactor, but rather a deuterium plasma machine.
Well, it evidently ionizes deuterium. And there’s no point in using deuterium gas unless you’re aiming for fusion. So it seems to me that Chen was aiming for fusion. Of course, it’s entirely possible he didn’t achieve it, and perhaps won’t achieve it with his $500 fusor. But if nobody found evidence of fusion, I don’t suppose the AEC will have any kind of a case against him. I mean, they don’t ban plasma globes, or neon or fluorescent lights in Taiwan, do they?