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Hsiao-yen Pai

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Hsiao-yen Pai

Birth
Fukuoka, Japan
Death
20 Apr 1997 (aged 16)
New Taipei City, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Burial
Keelung City, Keelung City, Taiwan Add to Map
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Crime Victim, she was the only daughter of popular Taiwanese TV host and actress Pai Bing-bing, She was kidnapped and murdered by three kidnappers, two of three kidnappers were Suicide because of Police pursuit, the last one were surrendered to the police on November 18, 1997, And sentenced to death, then executed in 1999.

Rest in peace, little Angel ,you did not deserve so short a life,there are no monsters in God's Kingdom.Pai Hsiao-yen (白暁燕, 白曉燕, Hanyu Pinyin: Bái Xiăoyàn, June 23, 1980 - April 18 or 19, 1997) was the only daughter of popular Taiwanese TV host and actress Pai Ping-ping and Japanese author Ikki Kajiwara.Pai Hsiao-yen was missing after leaving for her school, Hsing Wu High School [1], on the morning of April 14, 1997. Her family received ransom request of $5,000,000 United States dollars along with a severed piece of her little finger and a photograph of a half-naked girl, bound with tape.[2]

Press in Taiwan first reported the incident on April 23, 1997. However, after the abductors negotiated with the police for 11 days and changed the locations of payment more than 20 times, the police finally decoded the communication methods used by the abductors. In the subsequent police raid, one suspect was arrested while two other escaped after a serious gun fight with the police.[citation needed]

Pai Hsiao-yen's deformed body, weighted down with dumbbells, was found in a drainage ditch on April 25, 1997. Investigators said that she had been dead for ten days before her body's discovery. Ransom negotiations had continued after the likely time of Pai's death; an impersonator placed a telephone call to give Pai Ping-ping the impression that her daughter was alive. Tim Healy and Laurie Underwood of Asiaweek said that Pai was "apparently tortured" before her death.[2] The photograph of her naked dead body was leaked to the mass media, including the China Times which printed it. In consequence to this, people in Taiwan protested against the mass media. Twelve accessories were arrested, but three main criminals, Chen Chin-hsing (陳進興), Lin Chun-sheng (林春生), and Kao Tien-min (高天民) escaped. An island-wide manhunt began and police were ordered to shoot the suspects without warning if they show any sign of resistance, which was contrary to standard police practice.[citation needed]

On August 19, the trio was spotted by two foot patrol police officers in a residential neighborhood. A brief exchange of fire ensued and Lin turned the gun on himself after he was shot six times; one of the officers was killed and the other one wounded. Lin died around 11:55 AM.[3] Reinforcement was immediately rushed to the neighborhood, and more than 800 officers conducted a thorough search, which turned up nothing.

On October 23, Kao and Chen shot and killed a plastic surgeon, his wife, and a nurse after forcing them to perform plastic surgery on them. A few days later, Kao was spotted by the police and shot himself when police attempted to arrest him on November 17.[citation needed]

The last criminal, Chen Chin-hsing, broke into the residence a South African military attaché and took the family hostages on November 18, but eventually surrendered to the police after negotiation initiated by politician Frank Hsieh. Chen was executed on October 6, 1999, after being convicted for kidnappings, murders, and multiple counts of sexual assaults.[
Crime Victim, she was the only daughter of popular Taiwanese TV host and actress Pai Bing-bing, She was kidnapped and murdered by three kidnappers, two of three kidnappers were Suicide because of Police pursuit, the last one were surrendered to the police on November 18, 1997, And sentenced to death, then executed in 1999.

Rest in peace, little Angel ,you did not deserve so short a life,there are no monsters in God's Kingdom.Pai Hsiao-yen (白暁燕, 白曉燕, Hanyu Pinyin: Bái Xiăoyàn, June 23, 1980 - April 18 or 19, 1997) was the only daughter of popular Taiwanese TV host and actress Pai Ping-ping and Japanese author Ikki Kajiwara.Pai Hsiao-yen was missing after leaving for her school, Hsing Wu High School [1], on the morning of April 14, 1997. Her family received ransom request of $5,000,000 United States dollars along with a severed piece of her little finger and a photograph of a half-naked girl, bound with tape.[2]

Press in Taiwan first reported the incident on April 23, 1997. However, after the abductors negotiated with the police for 11 days and changed the locations of payment more than 20 times, the police finally decoded the communication methods used by the abductors. In the subsequent police raid, one suspect was arrested while two other escaped after a serious gun fight with the police.[citation needed]

Pai Hsiao-yen's deformed body, weighted down with dumbbells, was found in a drainage ditch on April 25, 1997. Investigators said that she had been dead for ten days before her body's discovery. Ransom negotiations had continued after the likely time of Pai's death; an impersonator placed a telephone call to give Pai Ping-ping the impression that her daughter was alive. Tim Healy and Laurie Underwood of Asiaweek said that Pai was "apparently tortured" before her death.[2] The photograph of her naked dead body was leaked to the mass media, including the China Times which printed it. In consequence to this, people in Taiwan protested against the mass media. Twelve accessories were arrested, but three main criminals, Chen Chin-hsing (陳進興), Lin Chun-sheng (林春生), and Kao Tien-min (高天民) escaped. An island-wide manhunt began and police were ordered to shoot the suspects without warning if they show any sign of resistance, which was contrary to standard police practice.[citation needed]

On August 19, the trio was spotted by two foot patrol police officers in a residential neighborhood. A brief exchange of fire ensued and Lin turned the gun on himself after he was shot six times; one of the officers was killed and the other one wounded. Lin died around 11:55 AM.[3] Reinforcement was immediately rushed to the neighborhood, and more than 800 officers conducted a thorough search, which turned up nothing.

On October 23, Kao and Chen shot and killed a plastic surgeon, his wife, and a nurse after forcing them to perform plastic surgery on them. A few days later, Kao was spotted by the police and shot himself when police attempted to arrest him on November 17.[citation needed]

The last criminal, Chen Chin-hsing, broke into the residence a South African military attaché and took the family hostages on November 18, but eventually surrendered to the police after negotiation initiated by politician Frank Hsieh. Chen was executed on October 6, 1999, after being convicted for kidnappings, murders, and multiple counts of sexual assaults.[

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