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TAIPEI – Prosecutors on Friday (December 25) demanded the death penalty for the man charged with the murder of a Malaysian student in southern Taiwan.
Prosecutors have asked the trial court to impose the death penalty and deprive him of his civil rights for life, the Ciaotou District Prosecutor’s Office in Kaohsiung said at a press conference on Friday.
The office added that the indictment had been issued before his detention period expired on December 31.
The 28-year-old suspect, surnamed Liang, confessed that he had raped a 24-year-old college student, surnamed Chung, before strangling her with a rope on October 28.
He then dumped his body in the mountainous Alian district in neighboring Kaohsiung.
Liang ignored the student’s desperate pleas for mercy, authorities said, adding that the suspect showed no remorse after committing the crime and never apologized to the victim’s family.
In the absence of empathy from the murderer, prosecutors assessed that there was a “high risk” that Liang would reoffend in the future, for which they demanded the death penalty.
On October 13, President Tsai apologized to Chung’s family and also to the people of Malaysia for the incident.
In November, Chung’s family filed a civil lawsuit against various Taiwanese authorities and asked the government for compensation for the alleged negligence that led to his death.
These include Chang Jung Christian University, the Taiwan City Council, and the Taiwanese government.
