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Police apprehend suspect in rape of medical student
WANTED:
Police said they were still looking for a second man believed to have helped in the abduction of a woman late on Sunday night
By Rich Chang
STAFF REPORTER
Saturday, Mar 17, 2007, Page 2
Police arrested one of two men suspected of raping a medical school student last Sunday after abducting her near the Jiantan mass rapid transit (MRT) station in Taipei.
Taipei officer Ho Ming-chou (何明洲), who is in charge of the case, told a press conference that police had arrested Huang Chieh-hung (洪傑鴻), 30, and were looking for another suspect, Lin Shih-huang (林世煌).
DNA
Police identified Huang by samples of DNA left on the victim's body and his fingerprint on tape used to tie the victim, Ho said.
Ho Huang confessed the crime and said he and his friend had raped the student because they wanted sex.
Huang police that he and Lin were friends and said the rape was Lin's idea.
Huang a waiter at a restaurant and lives with his girlfriend, Ho said.
Ho said Huang had a criminal record of drug abuse.
NIGHT MARKET
Police said the victim was walking from Shilin Night Market toward a motorbike parking lot opposite the No. 2 exit of the MRT's Chientan Station shortly after midnight on Sunday when the suspects grabbed her and forced her into a car.
They drove to Tachia Riverside Park. The men raped the student and left her naked in the park.
A couple driving through the park found the student and helped report the case to the police.
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