Liao also stole weapons from the police and, posing as an officer of the Kushan station, he robbed eight homes. This was a serious blow to the authority of the Japanese police. Politically correct outlaw The Japanese police were frustrated at their inability to catch him on the many occasions when he defied their authority.
廖添丁還曾偷取警方槍械；他更假冒古山警部的身分，掠奪了八戶人家錢財，對日警的威信造成嚴重打擊。