TSU Legislator Su Ying-kwei (蘇盈貴) said yesterday that police have video footage of two suspects involved in Saturday's murder of KMT Taipei City Councilor Chen Chin-chi (陳進棋) and the case would soon be closed.
"We [TSU lawmakers] have kept in close contact with prosecutors and police officers investigating the case and we have been told that the police have a clear picture of the two suspects' faces," Su said. "They are trying hard to identify them and the case will be closed sooner or later, I believe."
Su talked with reporters after the TSU's monthly breakfast meeting at the Legislative Yuan. The caucus invited National Police Administration Director-General Wang Chin-wang (
Su's comments came one day after a senior police official said investigators are having difficulty identifying the suspects in the murder.
On Monday, Taipei City Police Department Commissioner Wang Cho-chiun (
However, he said the pair could not be identified because they wore helmets during the shooting.
Su said that the police did not say whether the picture of the suspects' faces had been taken by the same security system mentioned by Wang Cho-chiun or another one in the same neighborhood.
TSU Legislator Chen Chien-ming (
"It is my understanding that prosecutors and police officers are trying to figure out the real reasons behind the crime. They assured me that they will find the suspects, including the instigator. However, they cannot promise a deadline at this moment," Chen said.
Wang Chin-wang declined to confirm Su and Chen's remarks.
"We are still working on the case. I must stress that we have not identified any specific suspects," he said. "What we are doing now is interviewing people and matching the fingerprints we collected from the abandoned scooter the sus-pects used during the crime."
Wang Chin-wang said that TSU lawmakers had asked him whether he was planning to fire Wang Cho-chiun (
"I am still considering the matter. But there will not be any decision before I discuss the issue with Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九)," he said.
Ma said yesterday that he has not considered firing the city's police chief over the case.
"I have not heard anything from the NPA and I have never thought about relieving Wang Cho-chiun as the city police chief," Ma said."It is a time for us to unify and try our best to find the killers instead of talking about whom to fire."
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