Taiwan Prisoners Take Warden Hostage

[Vid]

Nowadays a lot of drama everywhere, especially with hostage situations [sweatdrop]

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/hostage-drama-taiwans-kaohsiung-6-prison-inmates-seek-escape-20150211#xtor=CS1-10

Hostage drama in Taiwan's Kaohsiung as 6 prison inmates seek escape

Published on Feb 11, 2015 6:23 PM



A live news feed reporting on the hostage situation at a prison in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where six prisoners are holding the prison warden hostage in a bid to escape, on Feb 11, 2015. -- SCREENGRAB FROM CHINATIMES.COM


By Lee Seok Hwai


SIX inmates at a prison in Taiwan's southern city of Kaohsiung are demanding a getaway on Wednesday after taking the warden hostage, Taiwanese media reported.

The six took a military serviceman and a staff member at the Kaohsiung Prison hostage at about 4:30pm, Central News Agency cited justice ministry deputy minister Chen Ming-tang as telling Taiwan media, before warden Chen Shih-chih volunteered to take the place of the two hostages. No one has been harmed.

The inmates are demanding that the authorities provide them with a car and that they be allowed to leave through the prison's side door, reports said. Negotiations with police led by Kaohsiung police chief Chen Chia-chin are still on going as of 7pm.

The hostage takers are armed with four rifles, six guns and more than 200 rounds of ammunition from the prison's armoury which they had broken into, deputy minister Chen said at the press conference.

Four of the inmates were jailed for drug-related crimes, while the other two were convicted of robbery and murder respectively, reports said. They were serving sentences ranging from 25 years to life imprisonment.

Large numbers of armed police wearing bullet-proof vest have entered the prison complex, CNA reported. Several fire engines have also been deployed to the facility and are now parked at its gates, it said.

The authorities have also asked the inmates' relatives to come to the prison, in hopes that they could persuade the men to not commit harm.
A witness interviewed by ET TV said he had heard gunshots ring out of the complex, but police have yet to confirm the account.

According to broadcaster TVBS, the drama started when a prison guard was taken hostage by the inmates while trying to stop a row that had broken out among them. The inmates then forced their way into the prison's armoury and helped themselves to the weapons.

However they were unable to break out of the complex as it is equipped with heavily-secured doors that could only be opened by an official, TVBS said.

(More to come)

[Mcf777]

Even prison also not safe.

[Latio2005A]

Taiwan is full of dramas.

Pity that 20 years ago it was one of the 四小龙 under the KMT authoritarian rule.

 

And for the last 15 years or so, salary had stagnant, progress almost stalled.

 

Democracy do come with a price.

[Vega]

These 6 have nothing to lose.

[Yeobt]

shoot at sight, don't waste rice.

[Mustank]

安啦！ 中国不会打台弯！

Say in hokkien

[Porker]

安啦！ 中国不会打台弯！

Say in hokkien

 

Oon lah. Tiong kok buay pah dai wan?

[Mustank]

 

Oon lah. Tiong kok buay pah dai wan?

Donno lee teng hui or Cheng Sui pian say one

 

Should be Arn lah

Edited February 11, 2015 by Mustank

[Si4dr]

Donno lee teng hui or Cheng Sui pian say one

 

Should be Arn lah

 

This 2 clown ....if they declare Taiwan independent .....confirm + chop sure war

[Vulcann]

 

This 2 clown ....if they declare Taiwan independent .....confirm + chop sure war

 

Pitting 23m against 1.4b folks?

 

i.e. each ROC citizen has to face 61 commies.

 

Even 叶问一个打十个 also buay tong...

[Vulcann]

 

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yup the Man himself admitted it as much...

[Super7]

Taiwan is full of dramas.

Pity that 20 years ago it was one of the 四小龙 under the KMT authoritarian rule.

 

And for the last 15 years or so, salary had stagnant, progress almost stalled.

Democracy do come with a price.

 

Dictatorship costs more [sweatdrop] , even it it's heavily disguised. [:p]

[Super7]

Even prison also not safe.

 

If got money, can be made safe for the stay.

[Super7]

Nowadays a lot of drama everywhere, especially with hostage situations [sweatdrop]

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/hostage-drama-taiwans-kaohsiung-6-prison-inmates-seek-escape-20150211#xtor=CS1-10

 

 

Why cant these inmates just hack the prison's system, or post a threat to kill the prison boss?

[Vulcann]

Latest news: All six committed suicide

Warden was released safely.

Didn't ended up too badly except for the 6 cons and their families...

[Vid]

All died. Swallowed bullet

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/hostage-drama-taiwans-kaohsiung-6-prison-inmates-seek-escape-20150211

6 inmates in Taiwan prison hostage drama commit suicide; siege ends





Armed riot police gather outside the Kaohsiung Prison in southern Taiwan on Feb 11, 2015. The inmates were apparently disgruntled about how the prison is run, including their NT$200 (S$8.61) monthly allowance, as well as the release of former President Chen Shui-bian on medical parole last month, -- PHOTO: AFP


By Lee Seok Hwai

SIX inmates at a prison in Taiwan's southern city of Kaohsiung, who were holding two prison staff hostage, killed themselves on Thursday morning, ending a 14-hour standoff. The hostages are safe, Taiwan's Central News Agency reported.
The six inmates shot them to death at around 5 a.m. on Thursday, just before armed police were set to launch an overall offense action, Deputy Justice Minister Chen Ming-tang said.

Warden Chen Shih-chih and head guard Wang Shih-tsang are both safe, Chen said.

This was the first ever such incident of its kind in Taiwan.
The inmates were apparently disgruntled about perceived judicial prejudice against defendants, poor treatment of inmates including their NT$200 (S$8.61) monthly allowance, as well as the release of former President Chen Shui-bian on medical parole last month, United Daily News reported after interviewing the apparent ringleader of the six men.

The prisoners issued a written statement late on Wednesday, saying that they would release the hostages on Thursday morning if their demands were read on television.
The drama unfolded on Wednesday as the prisoners made claims of being mistreated in prison and sought medical attention. They then found an opportunity to take an undisclosed number of prison officials hostage, Focus Taiwan news channel reported.
Two prison officials offered themselves as hostages to the inmates to secure the release of the others.
The prisoners then brought the two prison staff to the weapons cache where they stole four rifles and six handguns as well as over 200 bullets, according to Chen.

Inmate Cheng Li-te, 46, who is leading the uprising, is serving an 18-year sentence for murder, and said in the statement that he had not received a fair trial.

He also questioned the fairness of a judiciary system that would grant parole to Chen but not to other inmates.

"It's so unfair," said Cheng. The hardened criminal, said to be a senior member of the notorious United Bamboo Gang, was quoted by UDN as saying during the telephone interview at about 7pm.

"How come Chen Shui-bian could be released just because he has problem urinating? Other inmates who are bed-ridden or wheelchair-bound don't get the same privilege," said Cheng, who entered Kaohsiung Prison in 2012.

Cheng later turned his gripes into formal demands for better allowances and a request to be released on parole during negotiations with Kaohsiung city councillor Lee Mei-chen and her father.

The six men first took a military serviceman and a staff member at the Kaohsiung Prison hostage at about 4:30pm, deputy justice minister Chen said at a press conference, before warden Chen and chief guard Wang volunteered to take the place of the two hostages, Taiwan media reported.

Chen said the kidnappers had fired shots into air apparently as a warning, but no one was hurt.

The inmates had demanded that the authorities provide them with a car and that they be allowed to leave through the prison's side door, Chen said.

Four of the inmates were serving jail terms for drug-related crimes, while the other two had been convicted of robbery and murder respectively, reports said.
Large numbers of armed police wearing bullet-proof vest have entered the prison complex, CNA reported. Several fire engines have also been deployed to the facility and are now parked at its gates, it said.

The authorities had asked the inmates' relatives to come to the prison, in hopes that they could persuade the men to not commit harm.

Cheng, had said in his interview with UDN that the two hostages were unharmed.
They had nothing to lose, Cheng said. I might just end up killing myself, he was quoted as saying.

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[Ktglfc]

Nowadays a lot of drama everywhere, especially with hostage situations [sweatdrop]

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/east-asia/story/hostage-drama-taiwans-kaohsiung-6-prison-inmates-seek-escape-20150211#xtor=CS1-10

 

 

I hope this kind of thing don't happen in our Singapore prisons ....

 

 

Ultimately our society's order cannot be compromised with this kind of hostages happening behind bars ....

[Vulcann]

Their extreme method of airing their grievances may not be desirable but no innocent party was killed.

 

And they paid the ultimate price with their own lives.

 

Base on that I give them the respect