Murder of Poon Hiu-wing
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Amber Poon Hiu-wing, a 20-year-old pregnant woman from Hong Kong, was killed in Taipei on 17 February 2018 whilst on vacation with her boyfriend Chan Tong-kai, aged 19 at the time and from Shenzhen. Chan admitted to Hong Kong authorities that he killed his girlfriend in a hotel room in Taipei, stole her belongings, left her body in the bushes, and flew back to Hong Kong. As the murder happened in Taiwan where they had no jurisdiction, the authorities in Hong Kong could not charge Chan with murder, and could only sentence him on money laundering charges resulting from the killing. Chan could not be extradited to Taiwan either since there is no extradition treaty between Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Organisers estimated nearly two million protesters took to the streets calling for the full withdrawal of the extradition bill on 16 June.
Hong Kong–Taiwan relations
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Relations between the government of Hong Kong and the Republic of China (Taiwan) encompass both when the Republic of China controlled mainland China, and afterwards, when the Republic of China fled to Taiwan.
The Four Bandits in 1888, in Hong Kong. Sun Yat-sen is second from the left.
Republic of China flag flying in Hong Kong at The Cenotaph on Liberation Day in 1945
Obelisk and Republic of China flags flying at Sun Yat Sen Commemorative Garden, Tuen Mun
Marker in front of the former Revive China Society headquarters in Hong Kong, along the Dr Sun Yat-sen Historical Trail