Six crew members detained over allegedly assisting aide's escape by sea
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Six crew members aboard the fishing boat Man Jui Fu 6 (滿瑞富6號), who allegedly helped a wanted man who worked as an aide to a lawmaker flee Taiwan by sea, were detained and held incommunicado by the Taipei District Court late Friday.
Taipei, Nov. 7 (CNA) Six crew members aboard the fishing boat Man Jui Fu 6 (滿瑞富6號), who allegedly helped a wanted man who worked as an aide to a lawmaker flee Taiwan by sea, were detained and held incommunicado by the Taipei District Court late Friday.
The six include the captain, surnamed Huang (黃), a Chinese crew member surnamed Chen (陳), and four Indonesian crew members.
The boat owner, surnamed Lee (李), was released on a bail of NT$100,000 (US$3,030) on Thursday.
The wanted man Chang Chun-chieh (張俊傑), a former aide to independent lawmaker Kao Chin Su-mei (高金素梅), is suspected of fleeing Taiwan by sea with assistance from the crew, according to prosecutors.
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