Hongkonger, 19, killed girlfriend then stuffed her body in a suitcase, Taiwan police allege
Suspect detained by Hong Kong authorities after returning home from trip alone and using victim’s ATM card to withdraw HK$13,000
A 19-year-old man suspected of killing his girlfriend during a Taiwan trip and dumping her body near a Taipei subway station was arrested by Hong Kong police on Tuesday.
The badly decomposed body of Poon Hiu-wing, 20, a former student at the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, was discovered in some bushes near the station by Taipei police.
LATEST: Teenage murder suspect’s transfer to Taiwan may need special deal
Authorities on the self-ruled island had received details from Hong Kong police before the find, Taiwanese media reported.
The couple arrived in Taipei on February 8 and checked in five days later at the Purple Garden Hotel near Zhongshan MRT station, a Hong Kong police source said.
The suspect, surnamed Chan, a former associate degree student at Polytechnic University’s Hong Kong Community College, returned to Hong Kong alone on February 17.
