Police said yesterday they may know who shot President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮).
"Due to a gag order, I cannot make public the latest details of the case, but I assure you that we are screening potential suspects and I believe that we shall locate the gunman soon," State Public Prosecutor-General Lu Jen-fa (盧仁發) said at a press conference yesterday.
Minister of Justice Chen Ding-nan (
"It is just our rough investigation, but everything is under control at this minute, I assure you," Chen Ding-nan said.
As of press time yesterday, Tainan police had located two shell cases at the scene. Police have yet to determine how the president and vice president were hit.
National Police Administration Deputy Director-General Liu Shih-lin (
Justice officials made the comments at a press conference yesterday afternoon that was originally called to discuss efforts to crack down on election-related bribery.
Tainan District Prosecutor-General Liu Wei-tsung (
In addition to prosecutors, special agents from the National Security Bureau (NSB), the National Police Administration's (NPA) Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) and the Ministry of Justice's Bureau of Investigation are working on the case.
Meanwhile, special agents from the NSB assigned to protect the pan-blue camp's candidates -- Chinese Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan (
In addition, nearly 20,000 officers from the NPA's Peace Preservation Corps have been ordered to tighten security at certain locations across the country.
NPA Director-General Chang Si-liang (
Tainan Mayor Hsu Tain-tsair (
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