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A soldier named Qiu from Kinmen strangled his lesbian wife to death in Taichung after an argument with her. He took the body away before reporting it to the police three days later. The prosecutor charged him with domestic violence and murder, and the court postponed his detention for another two months because he was suspected of destroying evidence and escaping.
A soldier surnamed Qiu from Kinmen returned to Taichung on holidays to meet his same-sex married couple surnamed Chen. The two got into an argument and Qiu became so enraged that he strangled each other to death. He remained with the body for three days before surrendering to the police. The prosecutor charged him with murder, which will be tried by a national judge. The Taichung District Court, after searching for “defense reasons” online, found that Qiu was obviously afraid of crime and had a mentality of destroying evidence. It ruled that his custody would be extended a second time for two months from November 18 and he could protest.
The Taichung District Court said that on June 18, it was ruled that Qiu Nan should be detained for three months, and his detention would be extended for the first time to two months on September 18. Because it was scheduled to end on November 17, Qiu Nan was interrogated again the day before, November 4, and was still believed to be suspected of murder.
The Intermediate People’s Court said Qiu’s delay in calling the police two days after the incident showed that he was afraid of crime and was avoiding criminal responsibility. Furthermore, Qiu claimed that he had searched the Internet for “possible defenses” in this case, and had cognitive dissonance regarding the cause of death of the deceased, which was enough to indicate that he was in danger of destroying evidence. Furthermore, the murder in which he was involved was a crime that had been going on for more than 10 years and he was a flight risk. It ruled that Qiu’s second detention ban would be extended for two months, starting on November 18.
The prosecutor said that Qiu Nan (24 years old) and Chen Nan got married in August 2023. At about 13:00 on February 13 this year, after Qiu returned to Taiwan from Kinmen on vacation, he and Chen Nan rented a house on Zhongqing Road, North District, Taichung, at about 5 o’clock that evening.
The argument and scuffle between Qiu and Chen did not occur until around 10 pm on February 16. In excitement, Qiu hugged Chen from behind and pushed him to the ground. Qiu then strangled Chen’s neck from behind using his right hand and applied pressure to recover it.
Chen Nan died of suffocation due to strangulation. Qiu Nan did not report the crime to the Liren Police Station of the Second Branch until 11:20 pm on February 19. Police arrived at the scene and found Chen Nan’s body lying in front of the bedroom toilet in the rented house. The prosecutor concluded in June this year and charged Qiu with domestic violence and murder. The entire case will be heard by a national judge.
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When a soldier named Qiu returned to Taichung from vacation, he had an argument and scuffle with his own married wife, Chen Nan, and was eventually strangled to death. He remained with the body for three days before surrendering to the police.
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After the prosecutor completed the investigation in June this year, he charged Qiu Nan with domestic violence and murder. The case will be heard by a national judge, and the court continues to review the need for his detention.
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The court believed that he delayed reporting the crime until two days after the incident, which showed that he was afraid of the crime and was avoiding criminal responsibility. It also said that checking his defense reasons online revealed that he could destroy evidence and that he had been involved in a crime for more than 10 years, so it was postponed for another two months.
