Chan Tong-kai, accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend in Taiwan then returning to Hong Kong, was the trigger for the now-scrapped extradition bill that sparked the recent protests
HONG KONG—A murder suspect whose alleged flight from justice in Taiwan eventually led to months of antigovernment protests in Hong Kong was freed from a jail in the city Wednesday, issuing an apology and offering to surrender himself to authorities in Taiwan.
The fate of Chan Tong-kai—who is accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend in Taiwan and stuffing her body in a suitcase before returning to Hong Kong in February 2018—is still uncertain as officials squabble over the legal technicalities of how he should surrender....
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