A 24-year-old Malaysian student who was found dead on Thursday in her rented apartment on Dadong Road in Taipei’s Shilin District (士林) was likely strangled to death, police said yesterday as they awaited the results of an autopsy.
The student’s boyfriend at about 6pm on Thursday called the police, saying that he had found her dead in her apartment, police said.
The boyfriend — who police suspects of killing the student, surnamed Chai (蔡) — was later rushed to hospital from his home in New Taipei City’s Yingge District (鶯歌), after overdosing on over-the-counter drugs, police said, adding that they believe he tried to commit suicide.
Chinese-language media reported that the boyfriend, a 30-year-old Taiwanese surnamed Chen (陳), before he lost consciousness allegedly confessed to police that he had killed Chai.
Late on Friday, Chai’s parents and two other family members arrived in Taiwan, and her father urged law enforcement authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into his daughter’s death so that justice could be served.
The family said that Chai was just two credits short of graduating from university.
Police said an initial investigation found that Chai had been working part-time as a model and as a livestreamer on a social entertainment platform.
Early this month, she and Chen met via social media, police said.
Surveillance camera footage showed that a man suspected to be Chen went to Chai’s apartment at 5pm on Wednesday and left around noon the next day to return to Yingge, where Chen lives alone, police said.
Chen has regained consciousness and was in a stable condition in hospital, police said, adding that they are planning to question him about Chai’s death in the coming days.
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