Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) surprised Taoyuan County police officers early yesterday morning by joining them on raid of the Lion King, the largest dance club in Taiwan.
"The vice president showed up from nowhere in the middle of our raid. We did not expect her to come and join us," said an officer with the Taoyuan County Police Department, who wanted to remain anonymous.
Lu said she was curious about why young people go to dance clubs and that she had heard the Lion King was the largest in Taiwan, with more than 1,000 customers a night.
"I wanted to join the police and see for myself why these young people love to spend their time at dance clubs late at night instead of going home," Lu said. "This is an important social problem and we should figure it out and solve it."
However, the police's search for drugs at the club uncovered little.
"During the early morning raid on Saturday, we did not discover any Ecstasy pills or Ecstasy users," the police officer said.
The police did, however, find two bottles of ketamine hydrochloride, a tranquilizer also known as "special K."
The officer said that the owner of the club had taken measures to avoid trouble inside the club since it opened in February, but that the police had found drug dealers outside the club selling Ecstasy to club-goers.
"I believe there must be some Ecstasy users who were lucky enough to escape from our raids. We'll keep working on that," the officer said.
According to the officer, the dance club has hired nearly 30 security guards and set up two metal detectors at its front door. The Taoyuan County Police Department also sends plain-clothes officers to the club, the officer said.
"Obviously, the owner of the dance club also wants to avoid potential illegal deals which might be transacted inside the club. As a result, the club has a tight security system," the officer said.
After the raid, Lu urged parents to take more interest in what their children are doing.
"Care more about your kids," she said.
"Parents are at least supposed to know where their kids are and make sure their kids do not go to places where they are not supposed to go. That's the responsibility of parents, isn't it?" Lu said.
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