Police were looking for three suspects in a murder case in Tainan, where off-duty detective Liu San-jung (劉三榮) was found shot dead at a karaoke parlor yesterday in what police believe was revenge for the detective’s role in a case from three years ago.
A detective was rushed from the karaoke parlor in Liouying District (柳營) to Chi Mei Hospital, but was pronounced dead at about 2am.
Liu had served as a detective in the Tainan Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division.
Prosecutors gathered evidence and questioned eyewitnesses, with preliminary information suggesting that Liu was shot by a suspect surnamed Mei (梅).
Mei has prior convictions and had been listed as a gangster to be monitored by local police, prosecutors said.
He had crossed paths with the victim in a criminal case three years ago, Tainan prosecutor Chuang Shih-chin (莊士嶔) said.
A task force has been formed to investigate the case, as it involves an illegal firearm and a police victim, officers said.
Investigators were also pursuing two other suspects, as surveillance cameras showed Mei driving a car to a motel, where he apparently stayed with the other two suspects before all three checked out.
Liu had just received a commendation for his performance and went to the karaoke parlor with a friend to celebrate after work, the Tainan Police Department said, adding that the establishment does not employee hostesses.
Separately yesterday, Taipei police were investigating reports that three gunshots were fired at a house in Neihu District (內湖) at about 11:20am.
Video footage showed a lone gunman who police were working to identity.
The incident likely involved a dispute over unpaid debts, officials said.
The Central Weather Administration (CWA) today issued a sea warning for Typhoon Fung-wong effective from 5:30pm, while local governments canceled school and work for tomorrow. A land warning is expected to be issued tomorrow morning before it is expected to make landfall on Wednesday, the agency said. Taoyuan, and well as Yilan, Hualien and Penghu counties canceled work and school for tomorrow, as well as mountainous district of Taipei and New Taipei City. For updated information on closures, please visit the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration Web site. As of 5pm today, Fung-wong was about 490km south-southwest of Oluanpi (鵝鑾鼻), Taiwan's southernmost point.
Almost a quarter of volunteer soldiers who signed up from 2021 to last year have sought early discharge, the Legislative Yuan’s Budget Center said in a report. The report said that 12,884 of 52,674 people who volunteered in the period had sought an early exit from the military, returning NT$895.96 million (US$28.86 million) to the government. In 2021, there was a 105.34 percent rise in the volunteer recruitment rate, but the number has steadily declined since then, missing recruitment targets, the Chinese-language United Daily News said, citing the report. In 2021, only 521 volunteers dropped out of the military, the report said, citing
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Nearly 5 million people have signed up to receive the government’s NT$10,000 (US$322) universal cash handout since registration opened on Wednesday last week, with deposits expected to begin tomorrow, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday. After a staggered sign-up last week — based on the final digit of the applicant’s national ID or Alien Resident Certificate number — online registration is open to all eligible Taiwanese nationals, foreign permanent residents and spouses of Taiwanese nationals. Banks are expected to start issuing deposits from 6pm today, the ministry said. Those who completed registration by yesterday are expected to receive their NT$10,000 tomorrow, National Treasury
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