Taiwan charges five men over plot to run over comedian for his Xi Jinping jokes
Taiwanese prosecutors have charged five men over an alleged plot orchestrated by a mainland Chinese intermediary to injure comedian Huang Yi-hao for making jokes about Xi Jinping. The incident is being treated as an instance of transnational political repression.
Why it matters
Cross-strait tensions and allegations of transnational suppression highlight the increasing risks faced by public figures critical of the Chinese government.
Huang Yi-hao was left with a bruised pelvis after the men rammed him with a car while he was riding his scooter. Photograph: Huang Yi-hao/Facebook Huang Yi-hao was left with a bruised pelvis after the men rammed him with a car while he was riding his scooter. Photograph: Huang Yi-hao/Facebook Taiwan Taiwan charges five men over plot to run over comedian for his Xi Jinping jokes Person named ‘K’ from China paid five defendants to injure Huang Yi-hao, New Taipei prosecutors say
Prefer the Guardian on Google Taiwanese prosecutors have charged five men over a plot to ram a car into a comedian who made fun of the Chinese Communist party and Xi Jinping .
Taiwan has repeatedly accused China of transnational repression to silence critics on the self-governed island, which Beijing claims as its territory and has vowed to take by force if necessary.
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