CIB vows to push probe into ‘expired’ mass murder case

The China Post
Date: November 21, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) promised Sunday to continue its

A police officer stands in front of the residence of then-Taoyuan County Magistrate Liu Pang-yu (劉邦友) in this file photo from 1996. Eight people, including Liu, were killed in an unsolved mass murder case dating back to Nov. 21, 1996. (CNA)

A police officer stands in front of the residence of then-Taoyuan County Magistrate Liu Pang-yu (劉邦友) in this file photo from 1996. Eight people, including Liu, were killed in an unsolved mass murder case dating back to Nov. 21, 1996. (CNA)

investigation into a two-decades-old mass murder case, although the statute of limitations on the case was set to expire on Monday.

New clues into the case emerged last week, after a key figure in the investigation came forward following a fatefully timed dream.

CIB Deputy Commissioner Huang Chia-lu told the Central News Agency that the bureau “will not give up on any clues and will continue to investigate the case.”

Eight people, including then-Taoyuan County Magistrate Liu Pang-yu (劉邦友), were killed on Nov. 21, 1996.

Then-City Councilor Teng Wen-chang (鄧文昌) was the only one of nine people gathered at Liu’s residence in Taoyuan to survive. He suffered major injuries and memory loss during the incident.    [FULL  STORY]

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