Strange neighbour

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

Cameras are cheap now. You can hook a system up to the internet now for less than 3000NT. Make them obvious and put one outside. They won’t do it again, whoever they are.

that is a madness… is he actually a neighbour then?

Move out dude, that’s not worth dealing with.

Look for another apartment. That, or make sure you both carry a can of mace in your pocket. next time, instead of sounding the alarm, just point to his eyes and spicr the sh*t out of him. See how he lurks with the mace on his eyes.