Lin killed himself on August 19 and Kao killed himself on Nov. 17, both while surrounded by police, leaving Chen as the only fugitive. Chen then unexpectedly took Col. Macgill Alexander, the South African military attach?, and his family hostage and opened negotiations with police.
八月十九日、十一月十七日，林高兩嫌先後在警方圍捕之下飲彈自盡後，陳進興竟然展開最後的困獸之鬥，挾持了南非駐台武官卓懋祺一家五口，和警方展開對峙談判。