Convicted sex offender on the run after cutting off ankle bracelet

Police are on the hunt for a convicted sex offender who robbed a betel nut stand in Taipei City today, after cutting off an electronic ankle bracelet and fleeing his residence in Hualien last night. Ou Li-yuan, now 53, was sentenced to life in prison in 1997 after being convicted for the rape and robbery of a female college student at knife point . Ou was released on parole in 2017 on condition that he wear an electronic monitoring device,