In 1999, the reward amounted to 50 million won, and Shen Changyuan, a criminal wanted by the whole country, was finally arrested.
He was originally sentenced to life imprisonment for a crime, during which he escaped from prison and stole up to 1 billion won in more than two years after his escape.
In order to catch him, the South Korean police mobilized 970,000 police forces, and even alarmed the South Korean military.
It is reasonable to say that after such a criminal involved in a huge amount of money and a bad influence is caught, the public should clap their hands and applaud.
However, the South Korean people have pleaded for him, hoping to reduce his punishment.
This wave of operations by the South Korean people is not nothing, and there are more surprising things to follow.
On the day Of Shen Changyuan's arrest, he wore a brightly colored flower T-shirt on his upper body.
The South Korean people exploded with great enthusiasm for this T-shirt, and the T-shirt became a hit at the time, and everyone rushed to buy it, and it was sold out in a short time.
Shen Changyuan's ability to carry goods is comparable to that of a star, and it can be seen that the public has a good feeling for Shen Changyuan.
As a criminal, why is Shen Changyuan so popular with the people?
In ancient times, there were many heroes who robbed the rich and the poor, and Shin Chang-won's behavior was somewhat similar to these heroes, he liked to "steal the rich and help the poor", and was called "thief saint" by the Korean people and "contemporary Hong Ji Tong".
Shen Changyuan's life in his childhood can be described as tragic.
In 1967, Shin Chang-won was born in a very poor family, the house leaked in the rain, and his mother died of illness when he was 8 years old.
His father, who was dependent on him, was an alcoholic and often punched and kicked him.
After his father remarried, Shen Changyuan's life became more and more difficult, and he could no longer get a penny from the family.
Shen Changyuan did not feel a trace of warmth in the family, and he was not treated well in school.
At that time, Korea was compulsory education, and it basically did not cost money to go to school, but the school would make students donate money in various names.
Teachers naturally like children who donate a lot, and they sneer at Shen Changyuan, a student who can't come up with a penny.
When he was in the fifth grade, a teacher once scolded him with a split face, "Puppy, you don't have money to come to school to do anything, don't get out!" ”
Shen Changyuan later recalled the past and said that it was the teacher's words that made him breed the seeds of demons in his heart and led him to the abyss.
Shen Changyuan dropped out of middle school without finishing middle school.
He had no ability to make a living, he had no money in his hands, and in order to survive, he became a small, stealing things, fighting and fighting became a common thing, and the juvenile detention center did not know how many times he had gone in.
In 1989, 22-year-old Shin Chang-won and several accomplices went to rob a stationery store, which led to the death of the boss in the process of robbery.
Shen Changyuan was sentenced to life imprisonment for repeated crimes.
Unwilling to spend the rest of his life in prison, he began to think about how to escape.
Shen Changyuan, who works as a carpenter in prison, hides a small saw of a saw iron when the guards are not paying attention, and then every day when the prison broadcasts the radio, he will take the saw to the toilet.
There is a vent above the toilet, which is blocked by an iron railing.
Shen Changyuan would use a saw to saw the railing for 20 minutes every day, and after sawing, he would also use chewing gum to stick to it to cover the saw marks so as not to let others find out.
He was very patient and sawed off the railing after 4 months.
Although the railing was sawn off, Shen Changyuan found that he still couldn't get out because the vent was too small.
This little problem did not bother him at all, and after a crazy weight loss of 40 pounds, in early 1997, he finally successfully escaped from the vent.
After escaping from prison, Shen Changyuan was wanted by the whole country and naturally could not engage in a legitimate profession, and then started his old business and stole.
He was no longer content to make small fusses and steal from the rich and wealthy.
From escaping to being caught again, the sum of money he stole added up to an astonishing amount of nearly 1 billion won.
Mr. Shin didn't squander all the stolen money, often donating money to nursing homes, orphanages and churches.
Sometimes he would go to the nursing home to visit the elderly with limited mobility, go to the orphanage to play with the children, and get along very well with them.
Because of This move of Shin Chang-won, the South Korean people have a good feeling for him, believing that he has a way of stealing, calling him a "contemporary thief saint".
Shen Changyuan is a wanted criminal, hiding all day without a stable place, living a precarious life, but still not forgetting to seduce his sister.
The way he pursues girls is simple and crude, and as soon as he comes up, he reveals his identity to the other party: a fugitive wanted man.
Then it is crazy to throw money, buy all kinds of brand-name clothes and bags, and throw thousands of dollars at all costs.
He is good-looking, willing to spend money, although he is a wanted criminal, he has a good reputation, and he is still very attractive to girls at the bottom of society.
Shen Changyuan had several girlfriends at the same time, all of whom were girls who worked in cafes and restaurants.
He was very alert, and his girlfriends often helped him cover up, which was very difficult to catch, and several times the police had obviously found him, but he eventually escaped.
His escape from prison has made the South Korean police lose face, and after escaping from prison, he has repeatedly committed a huge amount of crimes, but he has never been able to catch it, and the South Korean police are very annoyed.
In order to arrest him, the South Korean police have laid down a bloody fund, and after using 970,000 police forces, they still cannot arrest him and arrest him, so they have to ask for the support of the military.
The bounty also reached an all-time high of 50 million won.
Shin Chang-won became a legend in South Korea, setting off a sensational storm in the country, and when he was finally arrested, there was no thrilling scene, because a plumber ended his career in exile.
One day in July 1999, a plumber came to the apartment building where Mr. Shin lived.
The maintenance worker looked at Shen Changyuan very familiarly, and in order to determine his identity, he entered the apartment building again on the pretext of finding tools.
The maintenance worker's abnormal behavior did not arouse Shen Changyuan's vigilance.
The South Korean police successfully arrested Shin Chang-won based on the clues provided by the maintenance workers.
After being arrested, Shen Changyuan looked very calm, as if he had expected such a day.
The South Korean people were not calm at all, and broke out with unprecedented enthusiasm, not only interceding for him, but also buying out all the T-shirts he was wearing with the same flower.
Shen Changyuan was arrested again and sentenced to 22 years in prison.
After this imprisonment, he no longer wanted to escape from prison, and began to study hard.
In prison, Shen Changyuan not only went to college, but also studied law, and also published an autobiography, "Confessions of 907 Days."
He wrote in his autobiography, "In fact, people like me may not become like this, and if a teacher in elementary school was willing to touch my head and tell me that I was a good child, I might not have come to this point." ”
This sentence is very touching.
In prison, his father, who had not let him feel his father's love in his childhood, became the only one who came to visit him.
Faced with a long sentence, this late affection became his only motivation to live.
In 2011, Shin Chang-won's father died.
After learning the news, Shen Changyuan no longer had the courage to live, and was rescued after committing suicide.
Shen Changyuan is smart, capable, and kind,But when he was young, he was abandoned by his family, school, and society, and no one let him feel a trace of warmth, pointing out a sunny road for him, which led to the wrong path.
His life was a tragedy, no one cared about the feelings of a poor boy, no one cared about his future, and he was cornered and forced to become a criminal.
This was also a tragedy in Korean society at that time.