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The recent assault on a Japanese pro-Taiwan political commentator is raising concerns about Beijing’s coordinated intimidation tactics targeting critics overseas. Earlier this month, Akio Yaita, the executive director of the Indo-Pacific Think Tank, was attacked in broad daylight in Taiwan. The perpetrator was Liu Kong-faat, a Hong Kong national, who’s been linked to the Hong Kong triad Wo Shing Wo. But as the investigation progresses, suspicion has extended to Hong Kong’s national security office. The office’s current director was previously the vice minister of China’s Ministry of State Security, and is a close ally of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Let’s hear more.

Chen Kuan-ting
DPP Lawmaker
We strongly condemn this act of violence. We need to pursue every lead, and collect evidence to determine whether there was an organized group orchestrating the assault.

Lai Shyh-bao
KMT Lawmaker
This is an incident against public security. Whether it should be elevated to a national security issue requires more supporting evidence.

Wang Ting-yu
DPP Lawmaker
It should be clear to Taiwanese society that KMT legislators who become accomplices to these kinds of crimes and refuse to wake up are supporters of the CCP and its violent actions, not supporters of Taiwan.

Akio Yaita
Indo-Pacific Strategic Think Tank
That fist was not aimed at me personally. If they had really wanted to teach me a lesson, they wouldn’t have stopped after one punch. The assault was meant to intimidate and silence people. They wanted Taiwan and the world to see it.

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