Mother of Hong Kong woman killed in Taiwan pleads for change to law to ensure justice for her daughter
- The woman’s 20-year-old daughter was killed while on holiday in Taiwan with her boyfriend last February
- Taiwanese police want to speak to the boyfriend, Chan Tong-kai, in connection with the death, but there is no legal mechanism for him to be sent to Taiwan
The mother of a Hong Kong woman found dead in Taiwan last year hopes proposed changes to the law will mean justice for her daughter.
“The whole ordeal has left a hole in my heart and I can’t sleep well at night,” she told a press conference in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
Her 20-year-old daughter went on holiday to Taiwan last February with her boyfriend, Chan Tong-kai, 19, but never returned.
When Chan came back to Hong Kong alone, his girlfriend’s worried parents became suspicious and Taiwan police were alerted.
Her decomposed body was found in bushes near a subway station on the outskirts of Taipei in March, and an autopsy showed she was three months’ pregnant when she died.
Chan is now wanted in Taiwan in connection with the young woman’s death, but he remains in Hong Kong. Taiwanese authorities say they have asked for him to be sent there, but received no response from Hong Kong.