Taiwan’s First Armed Bank Robbery: The Li Shih-ko Case
台灣首次發生銀行劫案「李師科案」
Source: Taiwan’s First Bank Robbery
From: TTV News
Date: UnknownAuthor: TTV News
The Lee Shih-ko case was the first armed bank robbery in the history of Taiwan’s public security. The case shook society at the time; TTV News ran an exclusive follow-up report that briefly pushed its audience share to 58.1%, with six out of ten viewers nationwide tuned in to TTV. In April of the 71st year of the Republic (1982), retired veteran Lee Shih-ko robbed what is now the Land Bank of Taiwan’s Kuteng Branch on Roosevelt Road, making off with NT$5.31 million before fleeing. With no inside accomplices, this lone bank robber had planned meticulously for two years. He first committed a sensational crime in January of the 69th year (1980) — the killing and disarming of a guard at the Holy See Apostolic Delegation — and then, two years and four months later, used that same .38 caliber revolver to rob the bank, sending shockwaves through Taiwan’s public security history.
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- Creating Difference at the Gaps of a Visible Geography — Chen Chieh-jen on the Sensory Production of the Dispossessed (Modern Art)
- 34 Years Ago, Lee Shih-ko Robbed a Bank — Three Ways It Changed Taiwan (United Daily News)
- Legal Network Special: Year 70 — The Legendary Life of Lee Shih-ko, Taiwan’s First Bank Robber (Yang Shun-chin, Chan Wei-keng)
- Lee Shih-ko Case (Wikipedia)