Singapore couple who allegedly dumped baby in bin wanted for murder in Taiwan
- Li Heng Xun, 25, and Evon Yee, 26, are accused of leaving the newborn in a recycling bin during a trip to the island two years ago
- But Taiwan can have trouble pressing extradition requests as many countries, especially those with close links to China, don’t treat it as a sovereign nation
The couple allegedly left the baby girl with placenta and umbilical cord still attached in a recycling bin in February 2019.
A recycling company employee later found the infant’s body wrapped in a garbage bag.
Prosecutors said that Li Heng Xun, 25, and Evon Yee, 26, are now both being sought for murder and a charge of abandonment.
But Taiwan sometimes faces difficulties in pressing extradition requests because many countries do not treat it as a sovereign nation, especially those with close links to China.
On Wednesday, Taiwan’s Apple Daily reported that Singaporean authorities had refused multiple requests to provide the couple’s DNA samples, citing “inconvenience due to the coronavirus pandemic”.
Prosecutors declined to comment on that report when contacted.
