A taiwan couple who could not get their parents' blessing for their marriage split up after three failed attempts to commit suicide together .
this weekend, Lin , 30 , and Lee checked into a hotel to carry out a suicide pact by burning charcoal , but a smoke detector went off and hotel staff kicked them out.
they tried the same method at a different hotel , wiht the same result. Undaunted, the pair bought sleeping pills checked into a third hotel , and swallowed 24 each.
The next day, staff woke them as it was chcek-out time . the couple decided to go home , but quarrelled in the car, leaving each other injured. they then went to police station to press charges against each other , bringing an end to their relationship . dpa