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KUALA LUMPUR: Taiwanese authorities have confirmed the identity of the Malaysian student found dead in Alian district, Kaohsiung, on October 29 as a third-year student at Chang Jung Christian University in Tainan City.
She was reported missing for the first time on October 28.
In a statement today, the Foreign Ministry said it was working closely with the Malaysian Friendship and Trade Center in Taipei to provide necessary consular assistance to the victim’s parents, who were scheduled to arrive in Taipei today. .
“The ministry extends its deepest condolences to the family of the victim for his loss.
“All Malaysian students in Taiwan are advised to be alert, vigilant and cautious regarding their personal safety.
“Malaysian students and citizens in Taiwan are also advised to register with the Malaysia Friendship and Trade Center in Taipei,” he said.
Yesterday, the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, offered her apologies to the student’s family.
“The president expressed her deepest apologies to the student’s family and the people of Malaysia,” according to presidential office spokesman Xavier Chang.
Bernama reported yesterday that a man was arrested in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, late Thursday in connection with the discovery of the body.
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.
Investigators found CCTV footage showing the victim walking down a road in the Gueiren district, near a railway overpass, around 8 p.m. Wednesday, before disappearing from sight.
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.
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.
