Special Taiwan task force may be set up to deal with expulsion of Hong Kong body-in-cement suspect
Hong Kong police believe three men and a woman fled to Taiwan after the victim’s body was found in an industrial building; five others were arrested in Hong Kong
Taiwan may deploy a special task force to ask the main suspect linked to the body-in-the-cement murder case in Hong Kong to leave after his visa expires on Monday, Taiwanese authorities told local media on Sunday.
But a spokesman for the National Immigration Agency in Taiwan told local newspaper United Daily News on Sunday that the Hongkonger could not be treated as a suspect in the murder case because the relevant authorities in Taiwan had yet to receive any warrant notification from Hong Kong police.
As a result, the spokesman said the suspect could only be treated as a tourist who overstayed if he failed to leave Taiwan by 12 midnight on Sunday, when his visa expires.
According to the spokesman, if a foreigner overstays, the person will be asked to leave and could be fined NT$2,000 (HK$478) for overstaying for 10 days or less.
Money dispute suspected: three arrested after Hong Kong police find decomposed body in cement-filled box
However, there are no details of the task force, including who would be involved and why such a body would be needed to deal with a case of overstaying.
Four Hongkongers – three men and a woman – are suspected by Hong Kong police to have fled to Taiwan in connection with the case in which a badly decomposed body was found inside a cement-filled box in a flat at an industrial building in Tsuen Wan on March 29.
