Taiwan English News
Date: May 4, 2019
By: Phillip Charlier
In response to a spate of street brawls, and in order to prevent interference in next year’s

Wan Hsiao-cheng, awaiting imprisonment for his role in the death of a police officer was arrested along with his gang-boss father. Picture: Liberty Times Network.

presidential election, the National Police Agency, in coordination with the Taiwan High Prosecutor’s Office, conducted five days of raids nationwide, arresting 397 people, this week.

Many of the arrested are members of Taiwan’s two largest criminal organizations – The Bamboo Union, and Heavenly Way Alliance. Police confiscated guns, ammunition, weapons, and drugs, and seized cash and assets valued at almost NT$100 million.

A total of 80 firearms were seized, including 15 standard guns, 32 modified guns, and 33 airguns. Six gun manufacturing operations – modifying non-lethal weapons into lethal weapons were uncovered during the sweep.

Wan Hsiao-cheng, awaiting imprisonment for his role in the death of a police officer was arrested along with his gang-boss father. Picture: Liberty Times Network.
In Taipei City, a leader of the Song-lian gang, Wan Nian-Hsiang, 51, and nine other members were arrested for cases including the beating up of construction site workers, beating up and injuring waste company contractors, and demanding protection money from vegetable market operators. Mr Wan’s son, Wan Hsiao-cheng, who is currently awaiting imprisonment for his part in the death of a police officer who was beaten to death by a mob outside a Taipei nightclub in 2014, was also arrested alongside his father.    [FULL  STORY]