After more than 75 days hiding out overseas, gangster Lo Fu-chu (
Lin Hsien-tong (
Lo will also outline possible legal strategies to deal with being placed on the government's official list of gangsters under the nation's Anti-Hoodlum Law, Lin said.
The law allows police to detain gangsters at anytime when investigators say it's necessary.
"Lo cares a lot about his being designated as a gangster, because he still thinks that he's innocent and shouldn't be listed," Lin said.
"He said that it should be a good time for him to come back and face everything, since everybody has calmed down after the excitement over the elections."
On Oct. 23, an eight-member committee at Taipei City Police Headquarters designated Lo as a "gangster" under the Anti-Hoodlum Law.
The law allows investigators additional leeway to go after gangsters and would enable them to detain a gangster at anytime when necessary.
Lo flew to Hong Kong on Oct. 24 on what he said was a business trip. Though he promised to return the following week, he didn't come back until yesterday.
On Nov. 9, police at the Chungcheng Second Police Precinct mailed two summonses to Lo. One was sent to his office at the Legislative Yuan and the other to his office at Tashin Securities, where he is the president.
"The police have finished the process of summoning a gangster under the Anti-Hoodlum Law and the Code of Criminal Procedure," said an officer at the precinct, who asked to remain anonymous. "It will be the judges' decision whether to summon him again or arrest him."
A judge from the Taipei District Court, who also asked to remain anonymous, said that both possibilities were on the cards.
"We will issue another summons or ask the police to arrest him when necessary," the judge said.
"But until Jan. 18, he's still a lawmaker," he said. Should investigators want to arrest Lo, a majority in the Legislative Yuan would have to approve the warrant.
But Lo, who didn't run for re-election in the Dec. 1 polls, will give up his seat on Feb. 1.
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