MOFA seeking civilian help to find missing Taiwanese student in U.S.

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/08/26
By: Phoenix Hsu, Ku Chuan and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Aug. 26 (CNA) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said Monday that one of its offices in the United States has contacted police in Alabama about the search for a missing Taiwanese student there and has asked expat Taiwanese groups to provide any information that might be helpful to the process.

Auburn police on Aug. 21 said that Lai Chih-kai (賴智凱), a 21-year-old from Taiwan's National Taipei University of Technology (NTUT) who was attending Auburn University as an exchange student, had been reported missing earlier in the week, according to an Alabama news site al.com.

(Image from news.auburnalabama.org)

The following day, police released more details about Lai's disappearance, saying he had been reported missing on Aug. 19 by the Auburn Taiwanese Student Association after he failed to show up for class.

Lai, who is studying computer science at NTUT, arrived in the United States from Taiwan on July 24 and last contacted his family on Aug. 17, according to the al.com report.    [FULL  STORY]