Two men suspected of robbing Hung Heng-chu (
The two men are Wang Nan-chao (王南超), 20, and Lee Chi-hsiang (李志祥), 23, both from Kaohsiung City, and both repeat offenders.
Wang is currently doing his compulsory military service in the navy, which means that he will be transferred to military prosecutors and prosecuted under Military Law (軍法).
Wang and Lee were involved in another robbery case last year. Both were released on bail.
The Kaohsiung City Police Department said that officers identified them based on reports and descriptions by witnesses, then arrested them separately at their Kaohsiung homes on Wednesday night.
Wang and Lee told police that they were drug addicts and would steal women's purses whenever they needed money for drugs. Last Sunday, they decided to target women in Pingtung City instead.
"The two suspects are no strangers to us," said Chen Jia-chin (陳嘉欽), captain of Kaohsiung City's Criminal Investigation Corps. "When we confronted them, they knew straight away what we had come for and admitted to the crime."
Hung said she appreciated the hard work of the police but said she felt that "she owes everybody one."
"Everybody has paid so much attention to my being robbed," she said.
"That also put some pressure on the police, and they obviously did a good job. I hope they can keep it that way in future, no matter whose case they work on," she said.
Meanwhile, the military's newly-established missile command yesterday expressed regret that Wang had allegedly been involved in the robbery.
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