Published on Taipei Times
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/05/30/2003363048

Police release photo of Wu Shan-jeou murder suspect

WANTED MAN: A reward of NT$2 million has been issued for information that could lead to the arrest of a man suspected of gunning down a Taipei County councilor
By Rich Chang
STAFF REPORTER
Wednesday, May 30, 2007, Page 2

A suspect in the murder of Taipei County councilor Wu Shan-jeou is shown in security camera footage that was recorded after he made a phone call to Wu from a phone booth outside a convenience store at 152 Jhongjheng Road in Sindian City, Taipei County, at 11:10am on May 23, the day of Wu's death.
PHOTO: HUANG LI-HSIANG, TAIPEI TIMES
Police yesterday released a photo of a suspect wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Taipei County councilor Wu Shan-jeou (§dµ½¤E) of the People First Party.

Police also announced a NT$2 million (US$60,600) reward for evidence leading to the suspect's arrest.

Police obtained the photo from security camera footage taken from the scene of the murder.

In the screen grab, the suspect is seen riding a scooter. Although he is wearing headgear and sunglasses, part of his face is visible.

Taipei County Police Department Vice Commissioner Wang Yu-kang (¤ý·¶ºõ) said that some of Wu's colleagues, who witnessed the murder, had confirmed that the man in the surveillance footage was the killer.

Wang said that police hoped the release of the photo and the offer of the reward would help them to crack the case as soon as possible.

The suspect was about 175cm tall, spoke Mandarin and remained calm during the murder, Wang said.

Wu was gunned down in his office in Sindian (·s©±), Taipei County, last Wednesday in what police believe was a cold-blooded assassination by gangsters seeking to protect an extortion racket.

Witnesses said a suspect rushed into Wu's office and fired five shots from a pistol, four of which struck the lawmaker.

Wu was hit in the chest and left arm and he fell down on the floor amid a pool of blood, police said.

Police added that the suspect left the scene on a scooter soon thereafter.

Wu was rushed to a nearby hospital, but doctors pronounced him dead at 1:08pm.

Police suspect that Wu's assassination was related to his having prevented gangsters from using illegal front companies to obtain government contracts in the county.

The Taipei County Government has proposed an environmental clean-up of the largest river in the area, the Sindian River, and many companies are vying for projects related to the clean-up, as well as for contracts to dig sand and gravel out of the riverbed in order to deepen it.