Japan On October 19, a Taiwanese woman died in a hotel in Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. The Kofu District Prosecutor’s Office today charged a 27-year-old Taiwanese woman surnamed Yang with violating the “gun-knife law”, saying she placed a kitchen knife in the deceased’s room without any reason.
Yamanashi Broadcasting System (YBS) reported that according to the indictment and other information, the woman surnamed Yang was suspected of placing a kitchen knife in the hotel room without any reason on the morning of October 19.
According to people associated with the case, the deceased was a 38-year-old Taiwanese woman surnamed Jing. She was found that day on a bed in the mortuary, murdered with a sharp knife blow to the neck. The kitchen knife possessed by the woman named Yang was stained with blood.
“The woman surnamed Jing and I were drinking alcohol in the room. When we came to our senses, a kitchen knife had already been inserted into her body,” the woman surnamed Yang told police.
On the other hand, Taiwanese prosecutors have detained the woman’s husband, surnamed Jing, on suspicion of attempted fraud and other crimes. It is understood that the woman surnamed Jing had purchased travel insurance with a total insurance amount of about NT$30 million, and her husband and the woman surnamed Yang had been in contact with each other. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that this case was one of murder committed for the purpose of fraudulently claiming insurance benefits.
Yamanashi Prefecture police said they would continue to investigate whether the woman surnamed Yang was involved in the death of the woman surnamed Jing, and would consider exchanging information with relevant units in Taiwan.
