At the beginning of June, the United Evening News ran a headline news story stating that pitcher Kuo Yuan-chih's daughter had been kidnapped by gangsters, and then quickly released after the payment of an NT $ 100 million ransom.
六月初，聯合晚報一版頭條新聞指出，職棒投手郭源治的女兒遭歹徒綁架，但不久就獲釋，歹徒並勒索贖金一億元。