KUCHING, Sept 23 — Taiwanese officials have agreed to compensate family members of a deceased Malaysian student Irene Chung RM300,000 after she was killed by a local man in Tainan, Taiwan on October 28 last year, according toThe national Chinese daily said Ciaotou District Prosecutors’ Office had in April approved the application filed in March by the deceased’s family members for bereavement damages.
said the deceased’s family is entitled to the damages in accordance with Article 6 of the Crime Victim Protection Act. In November last year, Chung’s family lawyer said Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen had admitted to negligence that led to the victim’s death.reported that Tsai’s admittance led to the family filing a civil suit against Chang Jung Christian University where the victim studied, Tainan City Council, and the Taiwanese government.