Girlfriend of poisoning victim barred from exitLOVERS’ SPAT? Media reports said the woman had prepared the rat poison for herself after quarreling with Alex Shorey, but that he had accidentally ingested it The girlfriend of an Australian man who was sickened by rat poison has been ordered not to leave the country, Taipei prosecutors said yesterday, after reports that she told prosecutors she had prepared the poison for herself. Australian Alex Shorey, 24, left Taiwan on Wednesday on a medical evacuation flight bound for Queensland, where he is continuing to receive treatment after ingesting the rat poison superwarfarin. Authorities searched the residence of Shorey’s Taiwanese girlfriend on Wednesday as the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office opened an investigation into the case. Also conducting investigations are the Taipei Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division and Xinyi Precinct, whichBy Chien Li-chung

Source: Taipei Times May 08, 2023 23:03 UTC