Kaohsiung City

KG-9 Sub-machine Gun Seized in Kaohsiung City

KG-9 submachine gun, magazines, and ammunition
Crime and Criminals 
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Police confiscated a sub-machine gun after a raid at the residence of a suspect last night. It was the second sub-machine gun seized in the city in consecutive days. The raid followed a month-long investigation launched after an arrest of a man in August on drugs and guns charges. Police swooped on the 49 year-old suspect named Liu as he arrived at the residence and got out of his car at around 10:00pm. A search of the residence uncovered 700

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Teenager Charged for Possession of Sub-machine Gun

submachine gun, handgun, and ammunition seized in Kaohsiung City
Crime and Criminals 
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A nineteen year-old man in Kaohsiung City was arrested yesterday, after a police raid of his home turned up a Colt 9mm sub-machine gun, a handgun, a homemade bomb, and 175 rounds of ammunition. According to reports in Apple Daily, and China Times, Kaohsiung Harbor Police Department received a tip-off that a man named Lu (盧) was in possession of firearms in the harbor district. After further investigations, police acquired a search warrant and raided Lu’s Xiaogang District residence at

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Student Seriously Injured after Fight at Military Prep School

chung Cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School
Society 
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A student lost vital signs, was resuscitated, and underwent brain surgery, after being hit with a brick during a fight with a classmate at a military prep school in Kaohsiung City today, July 16. During breakfast at the Chung Cheng Armed Forces Preparatory School this morning, two students had an argument after one student requested another to provide him with a cup of milk tea. According to media reports, the two second-year students, Chen, 17 years-old, and Luo, 18, went

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Man Attacks Three with Meat Cleaver after Argument over Banana Prices

Mr Lee was found sitting in a local park
Violent Crimes 
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A man in Kaohsiung City took to three men with a meat cleaver after a discussion over fruit prices led to an argument over sensitive political topics. A 67 year-old man named Lee went to an evening market in Lingyuan District at around dusk to buy some fruit. Finding that fruit prices, after a recent downturn, had risen again, Lee began to discuss the issue with a fruit vendor named Fang. The discussion turned into an argument involving Taiwan politics,

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Kaohsiung Police Fire 16 Shots: Arrest Armed Suspect

police arrest suspect in Kaohsiung City
Crime and Criminals 
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Sixteen shots were fired when a suspect about to be arrested pulled a pistol out of his backpack. The suspect was shot in the right arm, while an innocent bystander was hit by a stray bullet. At around 11:50am, police swooped on a residence in Qieding District of Kaohsiung City to arrest a 51 year-old man named Shang. Shang, who had a history of firearms and organized crime related offenses, including shootings, had been wanted by police for a long

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Kaohsiung Man Arrested for Pen Gun Shooting

Violent Crimes 
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A man who shot his wife’s uncle with a pen gun in Kaohsiung City yesterday, was arrested today after police identified his car parked outside a pawnshop. Mr Wang, 37, met his 35 year-old wife, at around noon, yesterday, outside a residential building in Gushan District to discuss terms of their divorce. Ms Wang was accompanied by her maternal uncle, Mr Guo. Negotiations over a the divorce settlement broke down, resulting in a dispute during which Guo swung a punch

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MRT Graffiti Vandals Identified as Spanish

Spanish men suspected of graffiti attack in Kaohsiung City
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Three men who defaced an MRT train in Kaohsiung last week have been identified as Spanish visitors who have already left the country. The trio are also suspects in two graffiti attacks on Taipei Metro trains. In the early hours of the morning last Thursday, April 12, three men wearing hooded jackets and masks entered an MRT depot in Kaohsiung City and spray-painted two MRT cars. Police investigators eventually traced the movements of the men using CCTV and traffic monitor

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Work Suspended at Power Plant after Another Fatal Accident

paramedic treats fatally injured worker
Health and Safety 
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The Kaohsiung City Labor Affairs Bureau Labor Inspection Division ordered work to stop at a construction site at the Dalin Power Plant after a worker fell to his death yesterday afternoon, March 29. The 38 year-old worker named Wu was hanging on a crane on the outside of a storage facility when he fell from the third floor level at around 3:45pm. Wu was not wearing a safety harness as required by safety regulations and operating procedures. Wu lost vital

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Police Shoot Suspect Dead in Kaohsiung City

suspect shot by police in Kaohsiung City
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Police opened fire on an armed suspect in Kaohsiung City this morning after the man allegedly aimed his gun at an officer and pulled the trigger. According to media reports, the gun jammed, and officers returned fire. One bullet hit the suspect who later died in hospital. United Daily News reported that police from the Public Safety Corps of the Kaohsiung City Police Department approached a suspicious car at around 3:30am in Sanmin District, and ordered the 3 male occupants

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3 Injured in Kaohsiung Hit and Run

accident in Kaohsiung City
Traffic Accidents 
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The driver of a car in Kaohsiung City fled on foot this morning, after drifting into oncoming traffic lanes and bowling over two scooters. Three people were injured in the accident, including a woman who is reported to be in the intensive care unit with crush injuries to her left leg. At around 7:30am this morning, a small, black coupe driven by a man named Yang slowly drifted into oncoming traffic on Pingdeng Road in Fengshan District. After hitting two

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