Five men face charges in New Taipei over an alleged scheme to hurt Huang Yi-hao, a comedian whose stand-up targets Xi Jinping and China's ruling party, The Guardian reports.
Prosecutors say a person from mainland China, referred to as K, paid the men to hurt Huang badly enough to need hospital treatment. A GPS tracker was allegedly fitted to his scooter months earlier, and on 11 September two of the men drove into him on his way home. He suffered a bruised pelvis, and K allegedly withheld part of the promised NT$450,000 because the injuries were minor.
Taiwanese prosecutors described the case as suspected cross-border suppression directed by the Communist Party. China's Taiwan Affairs Office did not respond to requests for comment. Taiwan says at least 126 people have been affected by such repression.
Source: The Guardian
