Malaysian student likely strangled to death, police sayStaff Writer, with CNAA 24-year-old Malaysian student who was found dead on Thursday in her rented apartment on Dadong Road in Taipei’s Shilin District (士林) was likely strangled to death, police said yesterday as they awaited the results of an autopsy. The student’s boyfriend at about 6pm on Thursday called the police, saying that he had found her dead in her apartment, police said. Chinese-language media reported that the boyfriend, a 30-year-old Taiwanese surnamed Chen (陳), before he lost consciousness allegedly confessed to police that he had killed Chai. Police said an initial investigation found that Chai had been working part-time as a model and as a livestreamer on a social entertainment platform. Chen has regained consciousness and was in a stable condition in hospital, police said, adding that they are planning to question him about Chai’s death in the coming days.
