in Guangzhou last month, was repatriated to Taiwan via Macao yesterday afternoon, according to the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) under the National Police Agency. The arrest of the suspect, identified as Liu Wen-lung, will help the CIB locate the whereabouts of some NT$40 million in cash that is still missing. So far, the police have recovered some NT$15 million.
Liu was suspected of arranging the laundering for some NT$30 million in stolen money. He used to operate a night club in Guangzhou and made acquaintances with another two suspects, Lee Hang-yang, 45, and his younger brother Lee Chin-tsan, when he returned to Taiwan late last year.
Just one month earlier, the two brothers were deported from China and repatriated to Taiwan.
So far, eight people suspected of involvement in the Jan. 2 bank heist, have been referred by police to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office for interrogation.
Of them, Lee Han-yang, the driver of an armored van for Group 4 Securicor, a private security firm in Taipei, allegedly drugged his colleague and made off with NT$56 million on Jan. 2, and immediately fled to China after the heist.
The other suspects were identified as Chiu Wei-sheng, who allegedly came to Lee Hang-yang's aid after Lee made off with the huge sum of cash; Lin Shih-teh, who allegedly provided a place for Lee and the other accomplices to hide out after the heist; Liu Chien-ho and Wu Kun-mu, who allegedly channeled some of the cash into China via underground money exchange channels; and Lee Hsun-ming, who knew of the plot beforehand.
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