Hi All,
I moved to Taichung a few of months ago. After the first week or so there was an incident in my apartment (4th floor), I caught someone that had broken into our bedroom through the patio door and he ran, jumped and climbed out the window when I went after him. At this point I assumed it was just a burglar, even though the police thought it could be the upstairs neighbour as he climbed upwards.
About 5 days after that incident, I caught someone ducking outside our front door gate and maybe trying to listen or reach underneath to get the latch. We again called the police, they were very close to catching him, but he ran upstairs and locked him self inside. The police said there is nothing they can do.
I’ve just started getting back to ‘normal life’ without worrying about the guy and now tonight my girlfriend has spotted him ducking outside the front door again and she scared him off by sounding a door alarm.
She is Taiwanese and she thinks there is no need to call the police again and says the police can’t do anything unless we catch him inside the house / committing a crime. I’m also slightly worried about this, because even if I do find him inside the house and I have to fight with him to restrain him, will I be at risk of getting in trouble?
If anyone else has similar experiences or any other advice, that would be very helpful.
Thanks