Arriving at a Taitung police station feeling very grateful to the police for having gotten in touch with him, he learned that the story was false and was arrested on charges of being a local gangster. He was soon sentenced to two years and ten months in prison. Sent first to the nearby Yanwan Prison for "correction," he was later transferred to Orchid Island.
正當他滿懷謝意感激警員的熱心通知之際，卻被以「地方首惡分子」的罪名逮捕，並被判 2 年 10 個月徒刑，送到離家不遠的「岩灣」監獄管訓，之後又轉到蘭嶼。