Kaohsiung police yesterday arrested 71-year-old Chang Wen-tsung (張文宗), the younger brother of 73-year-old Chang Chieh-tsung (張介宗), the lead suspect in a triple homicide case in Kaohsiung.
The younger brother has been wanted by authorities since 2023 after being convicted of selling Schedule I drugs and faces a 17-year prison sentence.
After being apprehended by the Kaohsiung Police Department Criminal Investigation Corps, he is now being held in the Kaohsiung Detention Center, where his older brother is currently detained without visitation rights in solitary confinement, police said.
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Authorities said there is no possibility of contact or collusion between the two.
Chang Wen-tsung had reportedly been hiding for two years in a residence just 700m from his previous home, an apartment in Kaohsiung’s Cianjhen District (前鎮), where he had lived since 2011.
The younger Chang was quoted by media as saying that he did not know that his eldest brother had passed away from illness in May last year until he saw news reports that his second brother was suspected of killing his sister-in-law, the widow of the eldest brother.
Before becoming a fugitive, disputes often arose between homicide suspect Chang Chieh-tsung and his sister-in-law over family property, as the suspect often traveled throughout Taiwan for construction jobs and occasionally returned to his home in Kaohsiung, Chang Wen-tsung said.
He added that Chang Chieh-tsung was a quiet man, often giving brief replies when the family asked him about his work.
Meanwhile, the search for remaining body parts from the three suspected homicide victims has entered its ninth day, as investigators consider using underwater cameras provided by civilian organizations to improve efficiency.
The search area has been expanded to the Asia New Bay Area (亞洲新灣區) after members of the public reported finding what appeared to be human remains floating in the water behind the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center on Wednesday.
The remains are still undergoing identification in the Forensic Science Center, Criminal Investigation Corps forensic specialist Lin Hsiao-chih (林孝治) said.
Additional reporting by CNA
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