Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/10/20
By: Shen Peng-ta and Joseph Yeh

Taipei, Oct. 20 (CNA) Taiwan's top policymaking body on China, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC),

said Sunday the government will not lift its recently imposed travel ban on a Hong Kong citizen wanted for murder in Taiwan, unless the Hong Kong authorities agree to share more information on the case.

Hong Kong citizen Chan Tung-kai (陳同佳), is the chief suspect in the murder of his girlfriend Poon Hiu-wing (潘曉穎) when the pair were traveling in Taiwan in February 2018.

Chan returned to Hong Kong before police in Taiwan had a chance to investigate the crime, but once Taiwanese authorities identified him as a suspect they issued an arrest warrant and sought his return to face trial in Taiwan.

However, the lack of an extradition treaty between Taiwan and Hong Kong made that impossible.
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