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TAINAN, Oct 31 (Bernama): A man was arrested in Kaohsiung on Thursday night in connection with the death of a Malaysian student at a Tainan university, whose body was found shortly after, the Taiwan Central News Agency (CNA) reported.
The suspect confessed to strangling the 24-year-old student to death and dumping the body in the Kaohsiung mountains, the CNA quoted Tainan police as saying.
Based on evidence found so far in the case, the suspect is believed to have abducted the victim sometime after 8 p.m. Wednesday, which is the last time she was seen alive, police said.
Police said the victim’s university submitted a report to immigration officials Thursday, saying she had disappeared.
When the Gueiren Police Station of the Tainan City Police Department was informed of the case, its investigators found CCTV footage showing the victim walking down a road in the Gueiren district, near a railway overpass, around 8pm on Wednesday, before disappearing from view.
A search of the area found a shoe that was later determined to be the victim’s and led police to believe she had been abducted from that area, according to the precinct.
In the same area, police also targeted a private car found to contain blood stains and a bag of women’s underwear, the precinct said.
The search of the vehicle led the police to the 28-year-old suspect, who was arrested Thursday night and confessed to strangling the victim with a piece of rope and dumping the body in the Alian mountainous district of Kaohsiung.
Shortly after his confession, police found the victim’s body on a hill in Kaohsiung, the city where the suspect’s home is registered, the police station said.
Based on their initial investigation, police said, it appeared the victim did not know the suspect, who is believed to have preyed on women walking alone on the lonely road near the railway overpass in Tainan.
The case has been turned over to the Kaohsiung Ciaotou District Prosecutor’s Office for further investigation.
Meanwhile, the family of the slain Malaysian student will be allowed to come to Taiwan and travel in a protective bubble to minimize contact with the public, Vice Interior Minister Chen Tsung-yen said on Friday. CNA also reported.
Chen, who is also part of the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) responsible for Taiwan’s Covid-19 response, said that by traveling in the bubble, the family will not have to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine that is generally required for arrivals in Taiwan. .
However, as a safety measure, family members will need to wear a mask at all times when outdoors and be subject to a Covid-19 test every three days, Chen said. – Bernama
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