- Title: Hong Kong man who sparked anti-extradition bill protest freed from jail
- Date: 23rd October 2019
- Summary: HONG KONG, CHINA (OCTOBER 23, 2019) (REUTERS) CHAN TONG-KAI, MAN SUSPECTED OF MURDERING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, BOWING TO MEDIA OUTSIDE PRISON (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) HONG KONG MAN SUSPECTED OF MURDER, CHAN TONG-KAI, SAYING: "It is me myself that has caused irreversible damage and brought them (the family of the victim) great pain, I also blame myself deep in my heart. So I am willingly pleading guilty for my impulsiveness and the mistake that I have committed, I am willing to turn myself in to Taiwan for trial." MEDIA SURROUNDING CHAN POLICE VAN CARRYING CHAN LEAVING VARIOUS OF MEDIA OUTSIDE PRISON POLICE VARIOUS OF PRISON GUARD LOOKING ON RIOT POLICE STANDING GUARD
- Embargoed: 6th November 2019 02:52
- Keywords: Taiwan jail China Chan Tong-kai murder demonstration Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protest
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B2BFMTJ
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Hong Kong man, Chan Tong-kai, who has allegedly murdered his ex-girlfriend in Taiwan and the case had sparked the months long anti-extradition bill protests, was released from prison on Wednesday (October 23).
Chan told the media that he apologise to his ex-girlfriend's family for the tragedy and for creating an "irreversible damage and pain".
Chan, a Hong Kong citizen, was accused of murdering his girlfriend in Taiwan last year before fleeing back to the financial hub. Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam held up Chan's case as an example of why an extradition bill, that would have allowed suspects to be sent from Hong Kong to greater China - including the mainland, Taiwan and Macau - was needed.
Hong Kong has been reeling from five months of unrest originally triggered by the extradition bill but which has now evolved into a pro-democracy movement. The government has announced it will withdraw the bill, but the protests have not stopped.
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