A Taoyuan man who served 10 years in prison for strangling and killing his girlfriend was ordered detained and held incommunicado yesterday on suspicion of killing his ex-girlfriend, prosecutors said.
In a statement, the Taoyuan District Prosecutors’ Office said that on Monday it received notification of a murder case from the Taoyuan Police Department’s Pingjhen Precinct.
The suspect, a 49-year-old male surnamed Lee (李), admitted to killing his ex-girlfriend, surnamed Chou (周), near her residence in Pingjhen District (平鎮) early on Monday morning, a police investigation said.
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Upon further questioning, Lee told prosecutors he had arranged to meet Chou to try to convince her to get back together.
Afraid of disturbing her relatives, Chou asked Lee to move their discussion to a nearby vacant lot, where Lee became angered by Chou’s “attitude” and strangled her to death, prosecutors said.
The Taoyuan District Court yesterday approved prosecutors’ request to detain and hold Lee incommunicado while he is investigated on charges of murder, the statement said.
Lee was in 2009 sentenced to 18-and-a-half years in prison for strangling to death his then-girlfriend in Taoyuan’s Yangmei District (楊梅) in 2008.
He was ultimately paroled for good behavior in 2019, after serving 10 years, and recently completed probation, sources with knowledge of the case said.
Under the Criminal Code, murder is punishable by death, life imprisonment, or imprisonment of at least 10 years, depending on the specific nature of the crime.
The Executive Yuan approved a draft bill late last month to strip the possibility of parole for criminals sentenced to 10 years or more for murder, attempted murder, and child abuse resulting in severe injury or death. The bill needs to be approved by the legislature to become law.
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