The police are seeking two more suspects, after witnesses were questioned and more details emerged indicating that a brawl in which a police detective was beaten to death outside a Taipei City nightclub on Sunday involved several crime syndicates.
Taipei City Police Department has named Chou Yu-teng (周譽騰) and Wan Shao-cheng (萬少丞) as the other main suspects in the killing of off-duty police detective Hsueh Chen-Kuo (薛貞國) at the Spark ATT nightclub in Taipei’s Xinyi District (信義).
According to police investigations, Chou is a senior member of the Four Seas Gang (四海幫), while Wan belongs to the “He Tang” (和堂) chapter of the Bamboo Union (竹聯幫), a well-known triad.
Three suspects have already been detained in the case — Hsiao Jui-hung (蕭叡鴻), an alleged member of the Bamboo Union, and a couple who were allegedly the instigators of the original dispute at the nightspot, Tseng Wei-hao (曾威豪) and his girlfriend Liu Hsin-tung (劉芯彤).
Hsiao was friends with Tseng and his girlfriend, and wanted to help them settle the dispute at the nightclub, and Hsiao allegedly asked Chou and Wan for re-enforcements to bolster their number in preparation for a brawl, a city police spokesperson said.
Witnesses said Chou was the man who yelled out “Kill him!” in directing the attack on the police officer.
Chou and Wan allegedly used the app Line to call up re-enforcements from other gangs.
Meanwhile, the Chinese-language media have reported that more information has emerged which paints an unsavory picture of the Taipei City Government and the authorities’ alleged failure to enforce the law, a failing that is said to have allowed underground syndicates to infiltrate and control the operation of the lucrative nightclub business.
According to media sources, numerous police officers, it is alleged that many police were engaged in shady business deals through collusion with gangsters, acting as security, receiving bribes, or demanding payment of protection money.
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