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Lees sentenced to jail over nation's largest cash heist

Two suspects in the nation's biggest cash heist ever were sentenced to jail by the Taipei District Court yesterday.

The main suspect Lee Han-yang (李漢揚) was sentenced to nine years and two months in jail while his younger brother, Lee Chin-tsan (李金瓚), was given a sentence of five years and 10 months.

The pair can appeal their case to the Taiwan High Court, the ruling said.

The brothers were returned to Taiwan by Chinese security authorities on Jan. 25 in accordance with the Kinmen Accord.

Lee Han-yang, a former police officer who worked for the security company Group 4 Securicor-Taiwan, stole NT$56 million (US$1.72 million) from a company vehicle in Taipei on Jan. 2 before fleeing to China with his brother Lee Chin-tsan, also a former police officer.

On Jan. 2, Lee and his colleague, Lin Jung-ter (林榮德), were transporting NT$79.2 million in cash to branches of Hua Nan Bank and the Bank of Taiwan from the Sindian (新店), Taipei County, office of Group 4 Securicor-Taiwan.

Lee gave Lin a sandwich and a cup of milk tea containing a drug that caused him to lose consciousness. Lee then locked Lin in the armored vehicle and fled with the cash.

Police said that Lee Chin-tsan was in charge of transporting and laundering the money.

Signed in 1990, the Kinmen Accord allows cross-strait illegal immigrants and criminals to be returned to their point of origin.
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