On December 13, the Taiwan Garrison General Headquarters ordered the arrest of the leaders involved in the Kaohsiung riots: Chang Chung-hung, Yao Chia-wen, Wang To, Chen Chiu, Chou Ping-teh, Su Chiu-chen, Lu Hsiu-lien, Chi Wang-sheng, Lin Yi-hsiung, Chen Chung-hsin, Yang Chin-cho, Chiu Yi-ping, Wei Ting-chao and Yang Fu-chung and Shih Ming-teh.
當他看到被暴徒用鐵鉤鉤落十幾顆牙齒，嘴部、下顎嚴重受傷，不能言語、不能進食的保警陳孝榮時，看到他痛苦的慘狀，不禁難過得言語哽咽。孔署長致贈陳孝榮新台幣三萬元的慰問金，陳拒絕接受，他在紙上寫下了拒絕的理由：「給我錢有何用？