Sun An Tso Detained and Held Incommunicado for Allegedly Testing a Homemade Flamethrower

Sun An Tso (also known as Sun Chien-hao), son of actor Sun Peng, and a man surnamed Chen were allegedly involved in testing a homemade flamethrower by a riverbank and posting a video online. Yesterday, the Shilin District Prosecutors Office searched and detained the two men, requested Sun's detention incommunicado, and ordered Chen's release on NT$30,000 bail. Today, the Shilin District Court ruled to detain and hold Sun incommunicado after questioning. The court held a detention hearing for Sun at 3 PM today and ruled for his detention and incommunicado status around 4:20 PM, without yet providing the reasons for the ruling. The Shilin District Prosecutors Office issued a press release stating that a video circulating on social media showed individuals using a flamethrower-like device by a creek. Due to the dangerous nature of the footage and suspected intentional dissemination, which seriously affected public order and social peace, the prosecutors directed the police on the 16th to search the residences of Sun and Chen. They seized a shoulder-mounted flamethrower, fuel lines, industrial flammable gas steel safety storage cans, a modified shotgun, replica guns, and marijuana, and detained the two individuals. After questioning, prosecutors determined that Sun was highly suspected of committing offenses including public intimidation, attempted arson, endangering public land transportation under the Criminal Code, and possession of lethal firearms and prohibited replica guns under the Arms Control Act. With sufficient reason to believe he might flee, destroy evidence, collude with accomplices and witnesses, or repeat the offenses, they applied to the court for his detention incommunicado, which was approved today. Additionally, the man surnamed Chen, suspected of public intimidation, endangering public land transportation, and use and possession of Class 2 narcotics, was released on NT$30,000 bail with restrictions on residence, and is barred from leaving the country.