After inquest into Taiwan millionaire teen’s death, husband charged with forging gay marriage, not murder


A photo, widely used online, purportedly of Lai (right) and his father. The younger man was found dead after falling off a building in Taichung's Beitun district. -

TAIPEI (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Prosecutors in Taiwan have closed investigations into the death of the Taiwanese teenager dubbed the “$500 million high schooler” by local media after his perplexing death two hours after he was legally married in May.

The 18-year-old, identified by his surname Lai, had fallen to his death from a flat on the 10th floor in Taichung, on May 4.

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