Taiwan Charges Five Men Over Attack on Comedian Who Mocked Xi Jinping
Photo: The GuardianProsecutors in New Taipei, Taiwan, charged five men on Wednesday over a plot to injure comedian Huang Yi-hao, who mocks Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party in his performances. Prosecutors said an individual from mainland China identified only as "K" paid the five defendants to hurt Huang badly enough to need hospitalization. Taiwan's Central News Agency reported that a GPS tracker was allegedly placed on his scooter months earlier to learn his routines. On 11 September, two defendants drove into his bike as he rode home but stopped when he screamed, prosecutors said. Huang suffered a bruised pelvis, and the suspects then allegedly pretended to help with an insurance matter. China's Taiwan Affairs Office did not respond to requests for comment.
Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative/independent outlets had. Left-leaning coverage (The Guardian) leads with prosecutors' claim that the Chinese Communist Party used cross-border suppression through violence, adding Taiwan's wider accusations of transnational repression and the tracker and attack details. Alternative coverage (AP) leads with the indictments and quotes Huang's account to the Central News Agency, though the excerpt available is brief. Both identify the five charged and the comedian's mockery of Xi.
How the sides differ Left sources detail prosecutors' allegation of Chinese-directed suppression; alternative sources focus on the indictment and the comedian's account; right sources have not covered it.
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The Guardian leads with prosecutors' allegation that a person from China named "K" paid the men, quoting prosecutors on cross-border suppression and noting Beijing's non-response and Taiwan's broader accusations.
AP leads with the indictment of five people for trying to injure the comedian, citing Huang's own account to Taiwan's Central News Agency.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.