Thugs Arrested After Kidnapping Taxi Driver in Broad Daylight

December 15, 2017December 15, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Bamboo Union, Chinese Union Party, debt collection, kidnapping, organized crime

A taxi driver was kidnapped at gunpoint in Banciao District by thugs who tortured him with electric shocks, and punched him up before making off with NT$6,000. The incident happened December 11, but was only reported in Taiwan’s Chinese language news media today. At around noon Monday, a 44 year-old taxi driver named Liao arranged to meet a woman named Lin to pay for ‘overtime services’ owed after Liao had hired Lin to accompany him at a KTV the previous

Crime and Criminals

April 17, 2017April 17, 2017 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Chinese Union Party, Tainan, Yoichi Hatta

Former Taipei City Councilor and pro-Chinese unification group member Lee Cheng-long (李承龍) has been identified as the main suspect in the beheading of a bronze statue in Tainan City. The bronze statue, commemorating Japanese civil engineer Yoichi Hatta was found beheaded on Sunday at a memorial park in Guantian, Tainan City. The vandalism incident comes just three weeks before an annual memorial service is to be held at the park. Liberty Times Network reported that police identified Lee and a