A fugitive wanted by five district prosecutors’ offices on suspicion of multiple crimes was on Saturday arrested in Tainan after jumping out of a fifth-story apartment building.
The Tainan Police Department’s Second Precinct said in a statement that it had captured the 40-year-old New Taipei City man, surnamed Wang (王), in the morning after responding to a report of a domestic disturbance at a residence in the city’s West Central District (中西區).
Upon arriving at the house, officers were met at the door by a woman surnamed Chen (陳), who was later identified as Wang’s girlfriend, and could see broken objects inside and other signs that a struggle had taken place, the department said.
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Shortly afterward, a security guard told the officers that a man appeared to have “fallen” into a lane next to the building and hurt himself, the department said.
The officers found a man yelling in pain, and after calling an ambulance, checked his identification and found that he was a fugitive, it said.
Wang was handcuffed and taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries including a broken pelvis and ribs, it said.
He would be transferred to each of the five prosecutors’ offices to face charges once his condition improves, the department said.
Wang had likely been hiding out in Tainan for about a month, and was wanted on suspicion of crimes committed across Taiwan beginning in December 2021, it said.
Wang’s outstanding warrants include one for crimes against personal liberty in Taipei’s Shilin District (士林), larceny in Keelung and Taoyuan, fraud in Taipei and embezzlement in Yunlin, the department said.
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