Kaohsiung police yesterday arrested a man suspected of throwing sulfuric acid on his lover, who was trying to break up with him after discovering he was not a woman.
"The suspect Yang Yao-jui (
Police said that Yang, 36, went to Kaohsiung Police Department early yesterday morning with his father to report the incident, which took place in Hsinchu.
PHOTO: HUANG MEI-CHU, TAIPEI TIMES
Police said Yang attacked Liang because Liang said he wanted to leave him.
Kaohsiung prosecutors have applied to the court to have Yang detained.
Hsinchu police said that Liang, 26, was seriously injured after sulfuric acid was poured over his face and body last Friday when he met his "girlfriend" at a building in National Chiao Tung University (
After the attack, Liang initially told police that his girlfriend's name was Lin Wan-yi (林婉儀), and that he did not know where she lived.
Liang told police that he and Lin met on the Internet last November, and Lin quickly became his girlfriend.
However, Hsinchu police were unable to find a woman named "Lin Wan-yi."
Police said that after more questioning, Liang told them his "girlfriend" was likely a man, and that he had wanted to leave her after he made the discovery.
Police, following Liang's description, found that Lin was likely a man named Yang Yao-jui, but that Yang had moved out of his rented apartment after the incident.
Liang told police that Lin had long hair, and from the first time they met, had always worn a hat and a face mask, so he had never seen her face.
Liang said that although they had had sex more than 50 times, he was never allowed to touch her breasts or genitals, and she had always asked him to close his eyes during sex. Liang told police that Lin had mainly performed oral sex on him.
The police said that Liang found out Lin was likely a man in May, and wanted to leave her, but Lin would not agree to end the relationship and began to harass him and his family.
Liang told police Lin often made phone calls to his home, his parents' home and his company. He tried to escape the harassment, but Lin was able to find him, and because of the harassment he quit his job.
Liang said that last Friday Lin asked him to meet her in a building at National Chiao Tung University to negotiate. When they met, Lin asked him to kneel down and close his eyes, and he thought Lin would agree to let him go if he did. But as he did so, he suddenly felt extreme pain as Lin poured sulfuric acid over his head and body, police said.
At the Kaohsiung City Police Department, Yang told police that he had moved back to his parents' home after attacking Liang.
Yang told police that he wanted to maintain the relationship with Liang, but when they met, Liang had insisted on leaving and told him he had mental problems. In response, Yang angrily attacked Liang with the acid, according to police.
Liang's father yesterday told reporters that his son is not homosexual, and that he had thought Lin was a woman.
Police said Liang's face and 20 percent of his body was injured in the incident, and that he would likely lose sight in one eye.
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