Fugitive Huang Wen-chung, wanted for complicity in the slaying of former Kaohsiung County Council speaker Wu Ho-sung, was arrested in Phuket after a two-year investigation and with the cooperation of the Thai police authorities.
十二月底，經過兩年佈線及泰國警方的協助，涉嫌教唆槍殺前高雄縣議會議長吳鶴松的黃文忠，在普吉島被捕，新政府掃黑半年以來再度告捷。