A story about a Taiwan criminal

Did you know a drama named 國際橋牌社？

All right, it's a Taiwan political drama, and it described some political stories in 1994.

Part of the drama is talking about a criminal named 鄭太吉。

He was born in Pingtung and joined the gang when he was a junior high school student.

In the past years, people called him "the emperor of 屏東" or "the underground mayor", because he ever said that "Crossing the 高屏溪, no crime for murder."

One time(December 1994), he tried to kill his friend named 鍾源峰, but the first time and the second time failed.

The third time, 鍾源峰 at home with his mother, and 鄭太吉 found them. 鍾源峰's mother found something wrong, so she lied to 鄭太吉 four times, she said 鍾源峰 wasn't at home, but the fact was 鍾源峰 fell asleep at up floor.

But the fifth time, 鍾源峰 woke up, and he didn't think 鄭太吉 would kill him, because they were friends! So he went downstairs, and then, 鄭太吉 shot him under everybody's eyes. And 鍾源峰's mother broke down directly.

After that, 鄭太吉 was arrested by the police, and he said "I should've killed his mother at that time!"

I can share a link with you, and you can know more about this event after this class.

https://youtu.be/i5vdgKZzLaM

https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E9%84%AD%E5%A4%AA%E5%90%89#%E9%8D%BE%E6%BA%90%E5%B3%B0%E5%91%BD%E6%A1%88

【註】

用they "were" friends是想表達「這整件事已是過去式」，但事件當時的鍾源峰，還是認為他跟鄭太吉是朋友喔。但會不會被誤以為「鍾源峰當時就不認為他們當下是朋友」了？🤔🤔🤔

但我目前也沒想到更好的表達方式了😞😞

Sentences practices:

1. I think 鍾源峰 should've been more cautious at that time, and shouldn't have gone downstairs.
2. 鄭 went to jail again and again, but every time he leave the prison, he became more powerful. The government shouldn't have let him get out the prison.
3. If you let a bad guy as a government officer, the guy can't be a good officer.
4. The media were afraid of reporting this issue, they must've been threatened.