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SIBU, SARAWAK (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Irene Chung’s family will file a civil lawsuit against various Taiwanese authorities for alleged negligence that led to her death on October 29, her lawyer says.
These include the Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU), the Taiwan City Council, and the Government of Taiwan.
Ms. Chung’s family lawyer, Yap Hoi Liong, told a press conference on Monday (November 23) that the problem in the civil lawsuit was that if the authorities had taken preventive measures, she would not have died.
“About a month earlier, on September 29, it was reported that another CJCU student had almost become a victim of the same suspect. Had they taken that case, we strongly believe that it would not have led to Chung’s death,” said Mr. . To bark.
He stated that the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, had admitted to Ms. Chung’s family that there was negligence in not following up on the first case.
Photocopies of Ms. Tsai’s statement were released to the press.
“Since the president admitted the negligence of her authorities, we can now proceed with the civil lawsuit,” Yap said.
On October 31, President Tsai apologized to the family of Ms. Chung, who was murdered in southern Taiwan, and also to the people of Malaysia for the incident, the Taiwan Central News Agency reported.
The incident severely tarnished Taiwan’s image as a safe and friendly place, and exposed problems in Taiwanese society that need to be thoroughly reviewed to ensure such a tragedy does not happen again, Tsai said during a high-level security meeting in Taipei. .
Chung, 24, a CJCU student in Tainan, was reported missing by the school on the morning of October 29.
Footage captured with CCTV cameras showed her walking alone along a railroad overpass near campus at around 8 p.m. on October 28, before her disappearance was reported.
Police found and arrested a suspect surnamed Liang on October 29 on suspicion that he had kidnapped Ms. Chung.
Liang admitted that he had raped her before strangling her with a rope, the Central News Agency said, citing prosecutors.
He then dumped his body in the Alian mountain district in neighboring Kaohsiung, it reported.
Tainan police said that at least one other CJCU student reported to authorities that a man had tried to abduct her from the same location on September 30.
Attorney Yap said that Ms. Chung’s family is hiring the president of the Taiwan Bar Association, Lin Ruey-Cheng, to take the civil action.
On the suspect, Yap said he has not yet been charged, although he had admitted to the murder.
Yap said the family hopes to see the criminal sentenced to death to send a warning to others.
The family also requests the publication of the autopsy report on the cause of Ms. Chung’s death within one month instead of the usual three months.
“We are also seeking that Tiong (Special Envoy to China Tiong King Sing) conduct a government-to-government consultation to force the Malaysian government to take up the case together with the Taiwanese government,” he added.
Meanwhile, Ms. Chung’s father, Desmond Chung, thanked the Malaysian and Taiwanese immigration departments for granting them swift approval to visit Taiwan on October 30 and bring her remains.
He also thanked Datuk Seri Tiong and the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee for their help.
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