Wang Ming Chee, a Taiwanese man who along with his wife was attacked in the capital’s Uttara early Friday, was on life support at the intensive care unit of Apollo Hospitals Dhaka yesterday as his condition was described as critical.
The hospital’s Duty Manager Mafizul Islam said yesterday Wang had not yet regained consciousness but his wife, Lily Hawa, was improving fast and was shifted to a deluxe cabin.
Meanwhile, Jahangir, a suspect who was detained after the attack on the couple, yesterday was remanded for three days in the case filed with Uttara Model police station in connection with the attack.
Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court Emdadul Haque gave the remand order after rejecting the bail petition filed by Jahangir’s lawyer.
Wang and Lily own a PVC-door-making factory in Gazipur and the general manager of the facility, Shamir Hasib, lodged the case.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner (Uttara zone) Sohel Miah refused to comment on the progress of the case, saying that the probe was underway.
Shamir told the Dhaka Tribune he was not willing to talk to the media about the incident as investigators had strongly forbidden him to make any comment.
Investigation sources said the attackers had been planning a robbery at the couple’s flat for the last two months.
Wang and Lily have been living in Bangladesh for almost 15 years.
Police said they were yet to arrest the attackers and had not yet recovered the money stolen from the couple’s flat during the attack.
They also said three men had attacked the couple. Of the three, two are former employees of Wang’s factory while the third still works there.