Chan is serving a short jail sentence in Hong Kong on a money laundering charge related to his theft of Poon’s possessions. Peter Koon (管浩鳴), an Anglican clergyman, has visited him regularly in prison and said that Chan was willing to hand himself over to Taiwanese authorities. The bill sparked weeks of protests, which have taken on a wider pro-democracy agenda and have involved regular clashes with police. Taiwan maintains the death penalty for murder, but Koon said that Chan was unlikely to face execution if he surrendered voluntarily. Hong Kong’s Chinese-language Ming Pao yesterday quoted the Hong Kong Security Bureau as saying that there is no legal basis for Hong Kong to extradite Chan to Taiwan.

Source: Taipei Times October 18, 2019 15:56 UTC