RESPONSE TO DEATH: The National Policy Agency said that officers will wear bulletproof vests and patrol in pairs during peak travel times and from 8pm to 10pm
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 06, 2019
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter, with CNA
Police officers deployed at train stations and on trains have been equipped with pepper spray and
Railway police officers stand in the Taipei Railway Station lobby area yesterday.
Photo: Copied by Liu Ching-hou, Taipei Times
The measures were put in place after 24-year-old railway police officer Lee Cheng-han (李承翰) was stabbed on a northbound train at Chiayi Station at 8:42pm on Wednesday while responding to a quarrel between a passenger and a conductor.
The alleged attacker, surnamed Cheng (鄭), was found to be riding without a ticket. Following the incident, he was subdued by other passengers.
Lee died in a hospital at 8:37am on Thursday. [FULL STORY]