Thieves brazenly raid abandoned Pingtung college for scrap material
Thieves brazenly raid abandoned Pingtung college for scrap material
2026-03-12
The private Yung Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce in Pingtung has been closed for over a decade, its empty campus becoming a paradise for thieves. Nearby residents said that five groups of a dozen or so people come and go from the campus 24-7, carting away metal windows and doors, air-conditioners, and other materials to resell. They don’t seem at all concerned about being caught, making lots of noise as they move things around in the middle of the night.
Vehicles drive by throughout the night, causing dogs to start barking. It’s unusual for a small country road like this to be so busy. Some are pushing carts, and others zip by on motorbikes, hauling piles of stuff.
Local resident
Disturbed by thieves
After dismantling things, they’ll drop it from upstairs and sort through it on the ground. It’s always at night. They’ll drive motorbikes with carts. This is the path they use.
Local resident
Disturbed by thieves
They’ll drop stuff at 1 or 2 in the morning. It makes such a loud bang. It happens all the time. The noise is really getting out of hand.
These people live behind the abandoned Yung Ta Institute of Technology and Commerce in Pingtung, which has become a target of thieves. For years, they’ve stripped away nearly all the windows, doors, air-conditioners, and metal frames. They don’t act like there’s anything to fear.
Local resident
Disturbed by thieves
They’ll drop things, and curse if it wasn’t dropped in the right spot, so brazenly, as though it were their job.
Local resident
Disturbed by thieves
At least five groups of people, about a dozen or so, have been stealing from here for years. The aluminum frames are the best option right now, along with some of the steel and stainless steel items. The ACs are still there, although the main unit is gone.
The college in Pingtung’s Linluo Township has been closed since 2014. The county government planned to buy it back in phases for NT$310 million, but the budget proposal stalled. With no one there to look after it, the campus has become a den of thieves.
Chen Shang-yi
Pingtung education official
The county hasn’t yet acquired property rights to the Yung Ta Institute’s Linluo campus, nor have the property rights been transferred. Therefore, the Yung Ta Institute is still the legal manager of the property.
Shih Wei-hsiang
Linluo Station chief
We have dispatched officers to investigate, reviewed surveillance footage from nearby cameras, and increased patrol frequency in the vicinity.
The thieves’ brazen attitude has led to sheer anarchy on this abandoned campus. The residents can’t stand the late-night noise any longer and fear it’s become a blind spot for law enforcement. They’re calling on the authorities to take decisive action and swiftly eliminate this den of thieves.
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半夜巨響! 永達技術學院閒置"淪小偷樂園" 竊賊拆材料變賣
2026-03-12
屏東私立永達技術學院停辦10多年，校地閒置多年，竟然淪為小偷樂園。附近居民表示，至少有五組，十幾名竊賊，24小時進出校園，拆鋁門窗、冷氣等材料拿去變賣，偷東西時完全不怕被人發現，東西用丟的，發出巨大聲響，半夜吵得居民不得安寧。
三更半夜人車經過，引起狗叫，鄉村小巷弄異常忙碌，有人推著推車進來，有人騎著摩托車呼嘯而過，接著又看到推車上擺滿東西推出來。
[[附近住戶]]
“拆完之後呢，他們就從樓上丟下來，底下在搬，就是利用晚上的時間，摩托車進來加上拖車，這條路都是他們搬運的路”
[[附近住戶]]
“有時候半夜一、兩點東西丟下來，砰一聲很大聲喔，常常這樣，吵到真的太囂張了”
住戶就住在屏東私立永達技術學院的後面，直擊竊賊出沒學校，拔光各樓層的窗戶、鋁門、冷氣、鋼架，時間長達好幾年，而且完全不怕被人知道。
[[附近住戶]]
“用丟的丟不準，還在那邊大聲罵，大剌剌的，就以為他自己的工作”
[[附近住戶]]
“至少5組人以上，大概有10幾個人，已經偷了好幾年，現在是鋁架最好，還有一些鋼材，不鏽鋼的，冷氣還在，其實它主機已經不見了”
位在屏東麟洛的永達技術學院在2014年停辦，屏東縣政府計劃以3.1億元分期收購，但因預算卡關。無人看管的校園，淪為小偷樂園。
[[屏縣教育局國教科長 陳尚奕]]
“永達技術學院麟洛校區，目前產權本府尚未完成採購，亦未辦理產權移轉，故目前管理單位，仍屬財團法人永達技術學院”
[[屏東分局麟洛所長 施為翔]]
“本分局已主動派員前往現場查訪，調閱周邊監視器畫面，並加強該處及鄰近區域巡邏密度”
竊賊囂張的態度，宛如無政府狀態，居民不堪深夜長期被噪音吵得不得安寧，更擔心成為治安死角，期盼相關單位要拿出作為，趕緊解決這個大賊窟。
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