The 88 gunshot incident that occurred in Syuejia District remains unsolved. Another police scandal also happened in Tainan, where the prosecutor found a substitute for a hit-and-run crime in November of last year and believed that the police officers were involved in negligent oversight and sheltering of a criminal.
The atmosphere at Tainan Madou Precinct appears quite heavy, as the day before, the Tainan District Prosecutors Office directed the Agency against Corruption and other relevant units to search the police station, among other places, and brought back 10 police officers including the Squadron Chief and Captain, for interrogation. The cause of this stemmed from a drunk driving hit-and-run case that happened in mid-November of last year, where the prosecutor discovered during the investigation that certain police officers were allegedly involved in sheltering criminals, allowing the perpetrator to find someone else to take the blame.
Hsu Chia-lung, Deputy Chief Prosecutor, Tainan District Prosecutors Office: “In investigating the case where a male surnamed Hong committed a hit and run and afterwards found a male surnamed Yang to take the blame for it, the three police officers at the precinct obviously knew about it yet still handled the case accordingly. Thus they were involved in crimes of providing false statements as public officials and sheltering criminals.”
After interrogation, of the 10 police officers, four were listed as witnesses while three of the remaining six were allowed to leave without bail. Squadron Chief Wu received bail at NT$100,000, while the then police station chief and officer-in-charge received bail at NT$80,000 and NT$60,000 respectively. In light of this huge police disciplinary scandal at the Madou Precinct, the city police department quickly instituted punishment.
Lin Chung-hsing, Director, Madou Precinct, Tainan City Police Department: “The Squadron Chief was transferred to our station as Division Assistant. As for the Captain, he is demoted to Jiali Precinct as Section Assistant. I will personally petition for self-discipline.”
Fang Yeang-ning, Commissioner, Tainan City Police Department: “I feel very unfortunate that this is not something I can change in one or two days, but I promise that as long as I remain in this position, I will strive to break this unbecoming organizational culture.”
It was rumored that the hit-and-run perpetrator is a member of the Friends of the ROC Police Association. Confronted with such blatant collusion among police officers and friends of the police as well as local personas, Fang Yeang-ning expressed that the police will face this honestly and break such unbecoming culture. However, while the Syuejia 88 gunshot incident remains unsolved, coupled with this police scandal occurring in Madou Precinct, the Tainan police really need to get their acts together to avoid further public criticism.
台南麻豆分局氣氛凝重，因為前一日台南地檢署指揮廉政署等單位，前往派出所等處搜索，並將偵查隊長、警備隊長等10名員警，帶回偵訊，起因是去年11月中旬一起酒駕肇逃案，檢方調查部分員警涉嫌包庇，讓肇逃者找人頂罪。
台南地檢署襄閱主任檢察官許嘉龍指出：「偵辦洪姓男子肇事逃逸，事後由楊姓男子出面頂替案件，分局3名員警明知此事，仍予以受理並辦理移送，涉嫌公務員登載不實公文書及隱匿人犯罪嫌。」
檢方訊問後，10名應訊員警，有4人列為證人，剩下6名員警中，其中3人無保請回，涉案吳姓偵查隊長以10萬元交保，時任派出所長的警備隊長及承辦員警則分別以8萬跟6萬交保。麻豆分局出現重大警紀醜聞，市警局也火速開鍘，分局長自請處分。
台南市警局麻豆分局長林中興表示：「偵查隊長是改調至本局擔任警務正，警備隊長的部分是改調至佳里分局擔任警務員，本人會自請處分。」
台南市警察局長方仰寧說：「很難過的是，不是我一天兩天可以把這些組織文化改變，但是我承諾只要我在職一天，我一定努力地破除這些不好的組織文化。」
外傳肇逃者是警友會成員，面對員警與警友等地方人士勾結，方仰寧表示警方會誠實面對、破除不好的文化，但學甲88槍槍擊案還沒破，麻豆又出現警紀醜聞，台南市警方恐怕得上緊發條，以免外界詬病。