319 shooting case closed

According to the report, Chen Yi-hsiung's wife admitted that her husband was out when the shooting occurred.

"When he came home that evening, he was quiet and seemed lost in thought," Chen's wife told investigators.

On March 29 last year, Chen Yi-hsiung's drowned corpse was found at the An-Ping Port (安平港) in Tainan City. His family had a letter he left before his death, which expressed his anger with the government.

Other evidence

In addition to Chen Yi-hsiung family's statements, the report also said that last September, police identified Tang Shou-yi (唐守義) as the maker of the arms used in shooting.

Police then looked for people who had bought arms from Tang. In March, police discovered that Chen Yi-hsiung had bought a pistol and bullets from Tang.

But the second son of Chen Yi-hsiung denied yesterday that his father was the would-be assassin.

"No direct evidence points to my father as a suspect, so in my mind, my father absolutely was not involved," the son told reporters.

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