Bring my daughter’s killer to justice in Taiwan, mum urges Hong Kong officials
- Months after suspect Chan Tong-kai is released from police protection, mother of Poon Hiu-wing calls on authorities to lobby Taiwan for visa
- Even though Chan has admitted to killing Poon, the case has failed to move forward due to cross-strait political tensions
The mother of a Hong Kong teenager killed in Taipei has renewed her calls for officials to persuade Taiwanese authorities to grant the murder suspect a visa so he can return to face trial.
Speaking outside government headquarters on Wednesday, the mother delivered an impassioned plea for Hong Kong officials to intervene and help deliver justice for Poon Hiu-wing, who was 19 and pregnant when she was killed in February 2018.
Poon’s boyfriend, Chan Tong-kai, has told Hong Kong police he strangled her after they fought about her past lover, folded her body into a suitcase and dumped it in bushes on the outskirts of New Taipei City.
“My daughter was a murder victim,” said the mother, who has refused to disclose her name. “It is a case about a Hong Kong person killed by another Hong Kong person. The government is paid by taxpayers and why can it not do something to help us?
“The most important thing is for Hong Kong to discuss with Taiwan. If the Hong Kong government does not take the first step to contact Taiwan, how can [Chan] get the visa?”