Minister of Justice Liao, fully engaged in the campaign to crack down on illegal behavior in all areas of life, suggests that the Sung case shows the serious extent of the penetration of religious groups by criminal gangs; this has already become part of his professional territory. Taipei City Mayor Chen Shui-bian also announced a crackdown on criminally connected shrines to begin on October 15.
正在大力掃黑、掃灰、掃白的法務部長廖正豪，認為此事件披露出黑道介入宗教的情況嚴重，已經進入他的專業領域；而台北市長陳水扁也宣佈十五日起展開神壇掃黑行動。