Court revokes death sentence for Malaysian student’s killerBy Chen Wen-chan and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Kaohsiung branch of the High Court today revoked the death sentence of the man who was found guilty of raping and murdering a Malaysian student in 2020, handing him a life sentence in a second retrial ruling. He also received an eight-year sentence for robbery, to be combined with the life sentence. The Supreme Court in April last year overturned the High Court’s January verdict of a death sentence and ordered a new trial. The Kaohsiung branch of the High Court then sentenced Liang to death for the third time in January last year. The High Court today found that the defendant did not plan to murder the victim, but acted with indirect intent to kill.

Source: Taipei Times January 29, 2026 06:10 UTC