Taipei Prosecutor Chuang Chun-jan (莊俊仁) yesterday sent Chan Lung-lan (詹龍欄) directly to the Taipei Prison after a short interview.
Chan, nicknamed the "Pangolin," was deported from China and arrested by Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) in Macau on Tuesday. The CIB transferred him to the Taipei District Prosecutors' Office (台北地檢署) for further questioning yesterday afternoon.
Prosecutors sent him to jail directly because he had already received a life sentence for drug dealing before he escaped from the Taipei Detention House (
"People call him the `Pangolin' because he is very good at escaping man hunts, especially in the mountains," a police officer said.
Chan is also wanted by the Chiayi, Panchiao, Shihlin, Taipei, Taoyuan, Tainan and Taichung district prosecutors' offices for various infractions.
The Taipei District Prosecutors' Office said that Chan was sentenced to four years for drug abuse and for forging documents. In addition, he received a life sentence for dealing drugs.
Prosecutors said Chan should immediately begin serving his life sentence since the verdicts in these cases have already been handed down.
"Chan will be summoned by various local prosecutors in the near future for his involvement in different cases while he is serving his life sentence," Chuang said.
The Taipei Prison said that Chan would be held in isolation with tightened security since he has escaped before.
"We'll watch him carefully," Taipei Prison warden Lu Tsu-shou (
Chan escaped from the Taipei Detention House on Aug. 28, 1994 with two other criminals, Hsu Kai-tsi (徐開喜) and Tsai Cheng-feng (蔡正鳳), who were both serving life sentences.
Hsu was apprehended in Taipei on Sept. 6, 1995 and Tsai was apprehended in Taichung on Oct. 11, 1995. Both of them had four years added to their sentences for their escape.
Chan was wanted for more than 10 cases of robbery, drug smuggling, murder and kidnapping. He fled to China in 1995 and went on to allegedly commit numerous crimes. While he was staying in China, he gradually hooked up with the local mafia, gangs and the police, and again began smuggling arms and dealing drugs.
He was arrested and jailed by the Chinese police for kidnapping a businessman in Yunnan, China, on March 18, 2000.
The Chinese authorities decided to release him on parole on March 17 this year, but kept him confined to his house. After talks with Taiwan's authorities, Chinese police turned him over to the CIB on Tuesday.
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