Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/20
By: Chu Tsei-wei, Tsai Yi-chu, and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Sept. 20 (CNA) Police said Wednesday that they are looking for an individual who robbed the Taipei Star Bank’s Shilin branch of NT$300,000 (US$9,943) earlier that day.

According to Hougang police sub-station chief Chuang Ching-hsiung (莊清雄), an individual wearing a motorcycle helmet and a face mask held a woman at knifepoint and forced a teller to hand over the NT$300,000 at around 1 p.m.

In an attempt to protect the woman from injury, the bank teller handed over the money, after which the robber took off.

The police said they were studying surveillance tape to try to identify the perpetrator, a task made difficult because of the fact that the robber was covered up. All they had to go on is that the robber was wearing a black shirt and jeans.    [FULL  STORY]