Prosecutors indicted Huang, 51, on murder and arson charges, and said she should get the death penalty for deliberately starting the fire to get back at the boyfriend.

“Huang intended to light a fire to cause an incident and embarrass her boyfriend, leading to a major disaster and the loss of many innocent lives,” Kaohsiung district prosecutors’ office said in a statement.

“She has shown no remorse and her attitude is bad … (prosecutors) recommend that the court impose capital punishment to serve as a warning.”

Huang has admitted lighting sandalwood incense to repel mosquitoes but has given inconsistent statements on what she did before leaving her room, according to prosecutors.

She initially claimed she threw the incense into a garbage bin, but later said she could not remember what she did.