Mainland deports Taiwan crime suspects
26/1/2007 9:36
Chinese mainland police yesterday deported a Taiwan man, Lee Han-yang,
accused of stealing funds from a Taipei bank security van, said the Ministry of
Public Security.Lee's alleged accomplice, his brother Lee Chin-chan who lives on
the mainland, was also escorted to Taiwan, in line with an agreement between the
two sides.
Authorities allege Lee Han-yang, who worked as an armored
vehicle driver in Taipei, stole NT$56 million (US$1.75 million) after drugging a
colleague in the van on January 2.
The ministry said Lee's van was
carrying NT$79.2 million to a bank on January 2. On the way, Lee allegedly
drugged his colleague, transferred NT$56 million dollars to another car and then
drove to Taoyuan International Airport.
He gave the money to a man on his
way to the airport, and then flew to Hong Kong with NT$200,000, authorities
said.
On January 5, mainland police were informed that Lee Han-yang had
crossed the border into neighboring Guangdong Province to meet his brother Lee
Chin-chan. The two fled to Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province the next
day and hid in an apartment.
Police captured Lee Han-yang in Yunnan on
January 9, together with his brother, accused of aiding and abetting him to
escape police custody.
Police on the Chinese mainland have returned 123
criminal suspects to Taiwan since 2000, the MPS said on
Tuesday.
Xinhua news
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