Shieh Ing-dan (
"Cases such as fraud, blackmail, extortion and so on are regarded as serious crimes and we will try our best to put an end to them," Shieh said.
During his inauguration on Thursday, Shieh said that cracking down on fraud will be one of the priorities that he emphasizes to his fellow police officers.
Shieh's remarks referred in part to an increasing number of fraud cases in which individuals identifying themselves as gangsters call people on their mobile phones and inform the victims that an "an enemy" has hired the caller to "do something" to the victim unless money is paid into a specified bank account.
In other instances, suspects have told victims that their family members have been kidnapped or that family members have been involved in a car accident and need money immediately.
Su said that a member of his family had recently received a call of this type.
He said that an individual -- whose caller ID was blocked -- told a family member that Su's niece had been kidnapped.
"The person told my family member that my niece was kidnapped and asked us how much we would like to pay to get her back," Su said.
"We called my niece at her kindergarten and realized that the call was a hoax," Su said.
Su said that his family member heard a little girl crying out during the conversation, saying, "Mom, help me." Su said that the voice was not his niece's and must have been recorded.
"This is ridiculous," Su said.
"I hope our police officers can focus on these kinds of cases because they have seriously disturbed our public order," Su said.
Minister of Justice Chen Ding-nan (
"State Public Prosecutor-General Lu Jen-fa (
"We want to crack down on this," Chen said.
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