Yang Jih-sung

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Yang Jih-sung
楊日松
Born(1927-11-23)23 November 1927
Kōkan, Byōritsu, Shinchiku Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan (today Gongguan, Miaoli, Taiwan)
Died23 November 2011(2011-11-23) (aged 84)
Da'an, Taipei, Taiwan
CitizenshipEmpire of Japan (until 1945)
Republic of China (from 1945)
EducationNational Taiwan University
Scientific career
Fieldsforensics

Yang Jih-sung (Chinese: 楊日松; pinyin: Yáng Rìsōng; 23 November 1927 – 23 November 2011) was a Taiwanese forensic scientist who became known as "Taiwan's Sherlock Holmes" for a career that spanned nearly five decades.

Career[]

Born in Miaoli County to a family of Hakka descent on 23 November 1927,[1] Yang earned a degree from the National Taiwan University College of Medicine. At his graduation, Yang was the only member of his class to have been trained in forensics, a field he sought to pursue after seeing his brother jailed due to a coerced confession and a friend's subsequent wrongful conviction on charges of theft. Yang solved his first case while still a student in 1949. Due to Yang's efforts, the survivor of a suspected double suicide by hanging later admitted to murdering his girlfriend and forging a suicide note.[2] He also assisted in solving the 1977  [zh]. Suspect Lin Hsien-kun sexually assaulted Chang before killing and dismembering the victim,[3] resulting in Taiwan's first homicide involving dismemberment.[2] The 1990  [zh] remained unsolved until the next year, when the body was discovered and Yang joined the case.[2] For his work, the University of Tokyo granted Yang an honorary doctorate.[4] In 1993, Yang found that Republic of China Marine Corps Captain  [zh] had been killed before an unknown suspect attempted to cover up Yin's death by throwing the body into the ocean. The investigation launched by Yin's murder subsequently uncovered the  [zh] which dated back to 1991.[2][5]

One of Yang's children, Yang Wen-hsien, later participated in a new investigation into the Yin murder.[6] Yang Jih-sung was called to investigate the 1997 murder of Pai Hsiao-yen,[7] and retired the next year. Over the course of his career, Yang Jih-sung allegedly handled over 30,000 bodies and was frequently compared to Sherlock Holmes and Bao Zheng. He was also known for his refusal to wear protective gear on the job.[2] In retirement, Yang became a consultant for the Institute of Forensic Medicine.[4] In 2004, he was named to a commission convened to investigate the 3-19 shooting incident.[8] Yang died of colon cancer at Cathay General Hospital in Taipei on his 84th birthday in 2011.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Taiwan's top coroner Yang Jih-sung passes away, aged 84". FTV News. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Han Cheung (20 November 2016). "Taiwan in Time: Taiwan's Sherlock Holmes". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  3. ^ Buchan, Noah (23 August 2014). "Taiwan's 'murder'and 'suicide' houses". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Tang, Hsiao-tien; Huang, Maia (23 November 2011). "'Taiwan's Sherlock Holmes' dies at 84". Archived from the original on 1 September 2017. Alt URL
  5. ^ Hsu, Brian (7 August 2000). "The murder of Yin Ching-feng: a history". Taipei Times. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  6. ^ Hsu, Brian (7 August 2000). "Yin investigation a matter of money". Taipei Times. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  7. ^ Blatt, Jason (29 April 1997). "Grief as kidnap girl, 17, found dead in ditch". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Pan-blues selecting their shooting investigators". Taipei Times. Central News Agency. 1 September 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  9. ^ "Forensics king Yang dies". Taipei Times. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Yang Jih-sung, the 'Sherlock Holmes' of Taiwan, dies age 84". China Times. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2016.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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