Hong Kong protests: murder suspect who sparked anti-extradition bill protests to be released from prison
Chan Tong-kai is currently serving time for money laundering charges and is wanted for in Taiwan for the death of his pregnant girlfriend
Chan Tong-kai is taken to jail after being found guilty of money laundering. The Hongkonger who inspired the introduction of the now-abandoned extradition bill, suspected of murdering his pregnant girlfriend in Taiwan, is expected to be released from prison on October 23.
Chan Tong-kai cannot be transferred to the self-ruled island because the two places lack an extradition agreement.
The murder behind the extradition bill
Presently in jail in Hong Kong after being found guilty of money-laundering, Chan is expected to be released from the Pik Uk Correctional Institution next month, a source said.
Lawmaker Ann Chiang Lai-wan, of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, visited Chan in July and tried to persuade him to surrender to Taiwan authorities.
Chiang told the SCMP she has had no contact with Chan since the visit.
“I said I would like to visit him again after the meeting last time. But we ended up having no further contact,” she said. “But I know a priest has been working [on the case].”