Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/20/2020
By: Chiu Chun-hsin and Ko Lin

Taipei, June 20 (CNA) A married couple in Taoyuan was ordered to be detained and held incommunicado by a local court Saturday pending further investigation into the death of their seven-month old daughter.

The decision was made because there was a possiblity the two could collude to destroy evidence, the Taoyuan District Court said.

Although the couple admitted to their wrongdoings, the court added that the statements given by them did not entirely match.

According to the Taoyuan Police Department's Yangmei Precinct, the 24-year old Indonesian father, who is married to his Taiwanese wife, confessed that on June 14, he beat their daughter to death because both were fed up with her constant crying.
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