Zhang Junjie "hidden" in Keelung and smuggled out of the country. Coast Guard intercepted the fishing boat involved in the case this morning and arrested the captain.

Zhang Junjie, the former office director of non-party legislator Gao Jin Sumei and nicknamed "Big Accountant", smuggled out of the country on a fishing boat on the 28th of last month. The Coast Guard intercepted the fishing boat off the coast of Keelung in the early morning of the 4th and escorted him back to Keelung Port for clarification. (File photo)

Zhang Junjie, the former office director of non-party legislator Gao Jin Sumei and nicknamed "Big Accountant", was suspected of accepting hundreds of millions of Chinese funds to develop organizations in Taiwan. In early September, he cut off his electronic bracelet and fled the country. After the task force mobilized Taiwan for 59 days to hunt and arrest more than 40 accomplices, Zhang still smuggled out of the country on a fishing boat on October 28. The Coast Guard intercepted the fishing boat off Keelung in the early morning of the 4th, but Zhang Junjie was nowhere to be seen. The captain of the fishing boat was immediately arrested, and the boat was escorted back to Keelung Zhengbin Fishing Port at about 6 a.m. to investigate the huge smuggling network behind it.

It is reported that during his escape, Zhang Junjie fled from Yunjia and Tainan to New Taipei City and Keelung. Along the way, he was transported by countless cooperators and repeatedly changed cars to avoid tracing. The monitor screen showed that Zhang boarded the ship at Keelung Zhengbin Fishing Port at about 10 pm on October 28. At that time, although the maritime patrol officers of the Security Inspection Institute boarded the ship to carry out port inspection in accordance with regulations, Zhang was hidden in the sealed mezzanine of the ship's cabin and was not noticed by the boarding inspection personnel, allowing him to successfully break through the port defense line and go to sea.

People familiar with the matter pointed out that the fishing vessel sailed outside the center line of the strait to meet with the receiving vessel on the other side to complete the transshipment, and then pretended to be fishing at sea to hide the fish from others. The Coast Guard later reviewed the calibration and positioning of the port surveillance and mine system, and intercepted the fishing boat involved in the case off Keelung in the early morning of today (4th). However, Zhang Junjie was no longer on the boat. The captain was immediately arrested and the fishing boat was escorted back to Zhengbin Fishing Port at around 6 a.m. to comprehensively expand the investigation into the huge smuggling network behind it.