Mother takes action over son’s mystery death after weddingBy Tsai Shu-yuan, Chang Jui-chen and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerThe mother of a student, who died on May 4, on Friday accused a man of tricking her son into a same-sex marriage to gain legal rights to his inheritance, NT$500 million (US$16.3 million) of land. The son, surnamed Lai (賴), fell to his death from a 10th-floor residence in Taichung owned by a man surnamed Sia (夏). Photo: Tsai Shu-yuan, Taipei TimesHowever, Sia took Lai to the Household Registration Office in Beitun District (北屯) to register themselves as a same-sex couple, the mother said. A lawyer for the mother, surnamed Hsu (許), told the news conference that the marriage was “absurd,” as the two had only met twice, with the first time being last month. Lai’s mother said that her son had recently started university and had been looking for a girlfriend.

Source: Taipei Times May 21, 2023 02:53 UTC