Taiwan cops nab suspect in murder of M’sian student

PETALING JAYA: Taiwan police arrested a suspect who confessed to strangling to death a Malaysian woman and disposing of her body after she went missing on Wednesday evening.

Initial police investigations confirmed that the 24-year-old woman from Sibu, Sarawak, who was studying in a university in Taiwan, was abducted while she was walking alone near her university.

The suspect, whose last name was Liang, confessed to killing and discarding the body, Focus Taiwan reported.

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He was brought in after investigators traced his vehicle, parked near the crime scene, seen on CCTV footage.

Police found the woman, only clad in underwear, with a rope around her neck.

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Police suspect Liang had planned to sexually assault the student. He is believed to have surprised the woman, who was walking alone.

Police said he allegedly used a rope to restrain the victim and drag her to his car. In the process, the woman died.