Taiwan said Tuesday it had asked Hong Kong for help in collecting a murder suspect who has agreed to return to the island to face trial for killing his girlfriend in a case which inadvertently triggered massive democracy protests.
He fled back to Hong Kong where Taiwanese police were unable to apprehend him because there is no extradition agreement between the two territories. Chiu Chui-cheng, spokesman of the Mainland Affairs Council , Taiwan's top policy-making on China, said Taipei was waiting for a reply from Hong Kong. The now-scrapped extradition proposal sparked a massive public backlash with record-breaking crowds hitting the streets in Hong Kong.
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