[MSN] Manhunt starts following theft of golden model boat

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Manhunt starts following theft of golden model boat
NAUTICAL HEIST: Police are reviewing surveillance footage that showed a 
man hiding the model boat in a white bag before fleeing the university's 
museum
By Rich Chang
STAFF REPORTER
Sunday, Apr 29, 2007, Page 2

Police said yesterday they are looking for a man who stole a gold model 
boat from Tamkang University.

The university said the gold model boat, valued at more than NT$3 
million (US$90,220), was a gift from South Korea's Kyungnam University 
in 2000 to celebrate the university's 50th anniversary.

Last week the university put the boat on display in it's museum, and 
invited students to guess how much it weighed. It was going to announce 
the correct answer and winner on Wednesday, with the winner receiving a 
NT$5,000 prize.

However the competition has now been canceled because of the theft, the 
university said.

Taipei County police officer Tseng Yung-hui (曾永輝) told reporters 
yesterday the robbery occurred on Friday afternoon.

"The suspect sprayed a liquid into the face of a graduate school student 
who was guarding the boat for the museum," he said.

Tseng said according to the victim, surnamed Huang, he felt pain in his 
eyes, and the suspect had told him that he had better wash his face and 
eyes quickly in the restroom, adding that he would take Huang to a 
hospital after he was finished.

Huang told police that when he returned he found that both the man and 
the boat were gone.

Huang said he remembered the suspect visiting the museum on Tuesday, and 
that he had stayed in the museum for a quite a while before the robbery.

Police reviewed surveillance footage and discovered video showing the 
man hiding the gold boat in a white bag, then leaving the museum.

The suspect wore white clothes and a black peaked cap, Tseng said.
Police have not identified the suspect, but they were investigating 
whether any of the staff or students at the university were involved in 
the robbery, he added.

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