A woman has been charged with the attempted murder of an Aussie exchange student, with prosecutors alleging she gave him rat poison for months.
Alex Shorey, 23, was medically evacuated back to Australia from Taiwan last year after being hospitalised with horrific symptoms, including stomach-aches, diarrhoea, nosebleeds and blood in his urine.
The Queensland student was studying a one-year program at Tamkang University in Taipei when he decided to cut his trip short and return home.
A Taiwanese national, who has since been identified in local media as Yang Ping, was upset at his decision to leave.