The parents-in-law of famed blogger Su Chen-tuan (蘇陳端), better known as Lady Nai Nai (貴婦奈奈), were handed over to investigators at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport yesterday after being escorted from Canada back to Taiwan, where they are wanted for suspected fraud.
Su and her husband, Huang Po-chien (黃博健), a plastic surgeon, jointly operated a cosmetic clinic that was suspected of closing down in 2018 after allegedly owing debts to multiple suppliers. The couple, along with Su’s father-in-law, Huang Li-hsiung (黃立雄), who served as the nominal clinic director, subsequently faced charges of fraud and became wanted fugitives.
They fled to Toronto, Canada, in 2019. It was also reported that they applied for refugee status the same year in an attempt to prolong their stay there, an immigration attorney said.
Photo: Chu Pei-hsiung, Taipei Times
Huang Li-hsiung’s wife, Huang Lin Li-chen (黃林麗貞), though not involved in the suspected clinic fraud case, was accused of fraud in another case and is wanted by the Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office.
The Ministry of Justice said that Huang Li-hsiung contacted investigators recently after being denied political asylum by Canadian authorities, which meant he and his wife could no longer stay in Canada.
The couple said that they were being threatened and extorted by criminal gangs in Canada and expressed a willingness to return to Taiwan to clarify the situation, officials said.
Huang and his wife departed for Taiwan from Toronto on Thursday and were handcuffed by Investigation Bureau personnel upon arrival yesterday, investigators said.
They remained silent when confronted by the media gathered at the airport.
They were taken into custody by the bureau’s Taipei division. Investigators said that Huang Li-hsiung would be transferred to the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office, while Huang Lin would be transferred to the Shilin District Prosecutors’ Office to clarify their involvement in the cases.
Meanwhile, Su and her husband are still in Canada, where they have refugee status.
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