At the end of 1997, Chen Chin-hsing, one of the men involved in the kidnapping and murder of Pai Hsiao-yan, took a South African military attache and his family hostage. Local TV stations got high ratings broadcasting from the scene for hours on end.
前年年底，白曉燕命案嫌犯陳進興挾持南非武官家人為人質的大新聞，電視台數小時的現場轉播，創下了高收視率。