CORNERED:Police said the evidence suggested that after failing to open windows or emergency exits, Pan likely hanged himself rather than face another prison term
Taipei Times
Date: Nov 25, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
An armed man yesterday robbed a Hsinchu City branch of Taiwan Cooperative Bank (合
An emergency medical technician treats 50-year-old bank clerk Lai Wei-ta, who was shot in a bank robbery and later died, in Hsinchu City yesterday. Photo: Wang Chun-chieh, Taipei Times
作金庫銀行), shooting and killing a bank clerk before allegedly hanging himself.
Hsinchu police identified the suspect as 39-year-old Pan Chien-yuan (潘健源), who had prior criminal convictions for illegal drugs, robbery, blackmail and illegal possession of firearms.
Footage from a surveillance camera showed Pan holding up a handgun as he dashed into the front entrance of the bank’s branch on Dongmen Street in downtown Hsinchu at 1:55pm.
Witnesses said a man fired twice as he entered the bank, shouted out a common Hoklo (commonly known as Taiwanese) expletive, jumped over a counter and fired at 50-year-old bank clerk Lai Wei-ta (賴偉達).
