The 18-year-old was found dead just two hours after his marriage with another man was registered. Read more at straitstimes.com.
dubbed the “$500 million high schooler” by local media after his perplexing death two hours after he was legally married in May.
At a press conference after the death, Mr Lai’s mother said her son had inherited a property portfolio worth around NT$500 million and accused Hsia of murdering him to lay a claim to the hefty real estate portfolio. Local media has cast doubt on the same-sex marriage, legal in Taiwan, citing witnesses including Mr Lai’s former teachers who said he had sought counselling over his unrequited feelings for a female classmate. His mother also denied he was gay.
Hsia was searching randomly for the two required witnesses for their marriage, Taichung prosecutors said, leaving the authorities to question his intentions. Examinations of their phone records also yielded the conclusion that the two had minimal contact before their marriage.
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