Police yesterday said two suspects in the nation's biggest cash heist would be sent back to Taiwan this week after they were caught in China on Wednesday.
"The suspects, Lee Han-yang (李漢揚) and his younger brother, Lee Chin-tsan (李金瓚), will be returned to Taiwan by Chinese security authorities this week in accordance with the Kinmen Accord," the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said in a press statement yesterday.
Signed in 1990, the Kinmen Accord is a mechanism by which cross-strait illegal immigrants and criminals can be returned to their point of origin.
The CIB said the Lee brothers' return would be helpful in finding their accomplices.
The pair was captured in Kunming, Yunnan Province, on Wednesday night.
Lee Han-yang, a former police officer who worked for the security company Group 4 Securicor-Taiwan, allegedly 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.
Chinese security authorities said that the Lee brothers carried around NT$200,000 with them and that part of the stolen money had been sent to China via black-market money exchangers.
The CIB added that Lee Han-yang had told Chinese authorities that he had handed over a large amount of the money to a co-conspirator before heading for China.
That man was allegedly in charge of transferring the cash.
Taiwanese police have yet to identify any accomplices.
On Jan. 2, Lee and his colleague, Lin Jung-ter (
Lee gave Lin a sandwich and a cup of milk tea that caused him to lose consciousness. Lee then locked Lin in the armored vehicle and fled.
Exam results released on Friday, however, showed that no medication had been found in Lin's system. Police believe Lin may have been involved in the scheme but have not named him as a suspect.
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