Taipei, Aug. 30 (CNA) A 55-year-old man accused of shooting five people at a biotechnology company in Nantou County in July was charged with murder on Tuesday, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the case, according to the Nantou District Prosecutors Office.
Police yesterday for a second time searched the home of the sole suspect in an execution-style killing of four people at Kang Jian Biotech Co in Nantou County’s Caotun Township (草屯) on Thursday.
On the second day of questioning, Lee Hung-yuan (李鴻淵) still did not reveal where and from whom he had obtained the firearm allegedly used in the killing, prosecutors said.
Investigators seized several boxes full of items at his home in the township’s Shuangdong Borough (雙冬里) and questioned his wife, neighbors said.
Lee, 55, is accused of shooting five people in the head at his former employer, a developer of
The hunt for a man suspected of killing four people lasted less than 24 hours, with police arresting Lee Hung-yuan (李鴻淵) in Taichung yesterday.
Police named Lee a suspect in the killings on Thursday at Kang Jian Biotech Co in Nantou County’s Caotun Township (草屯).
Lee was a former employee at the company, police said.
Five people were shot in the head, prompting an intense manhunt that ended when officers raided a spa and massage parlor in Taichung early yesterday afternoon, police said.
Kang Jian Biotech was founded by its chairman, Lai Min-nan (賴敏男), in 1991.
It develops mushroom and fungus ingredients for traditional Chinese