<span style="color: #222222;">Hong Kong has released the murder suspect from prison today whose case has indirectly led to the ongoing protests. Chan Tong-Kai is accused of murdering his girlfriend and told reporters he was willing to surrender to authorities in Taiwan.<br />''</span><br />''Kai was released after serving a separate sentence for money laundering offences. He could not be sent to Taiwan because the semi-autonomous Chinese city of Hong Kong has no extradition agreement with self-ruled Taiwan.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam had offered extradition legislation earlier this year to close what she called a "loophole" but the bill sparked widespread protests over concerns it put residents at risk of being sent into mainland China's murky judicial system.</span><br />