HK suspect says willing to face Taiwan’s justice

EXECUTION FEAR: Chan Tong-kai reportedly had great regret for the family of the woman he is accused of killing and was sorry for the trouble in Hong Kong

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 19, 2019
By: Jake Chung  /  Staff writer, with CNA and AFP

Hong Konger Chan Tong-kai (陳同佳), who is suspected of murdering his girlfriend in Taiwan last

year before fleeing back to Hong Kong, reportedly said that he would be willing to “turn himself in” to Taiwanese authorities once released from jail in Hong Kong next week, but asked that he not be given the death penalty.

The comments by Chan, who is wanted in Taiwan for allegedly strangling his pregnant girlfriend, Poon Hiu-wing (潘曉穎), and dumping her body on the outskirts of Taipei, were reported by Hong Kong’s Sing Tao Daily yesterday.

Chan is serving a short jail sentence in Hong Kong on a money laundering charge related to his theft of Poon’s possessions.

Peter Koon (管浩鳴), an Anglican clergyman, has visited him regularly in prison and said that Chan was willing to hand himself over to Taiwanese authorities.    [FULL  STORY]