# Taiwan charges five men over plot to run over comedian for his Xi Jinping jokes

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-21T16:13:53+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/taiwan-five-men-plot-run-over-comedian-huang-yi-hao-xi-jinping-jokes
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/taiwan-charges-five-men-over-plot-to-run-over-comedian-for-his-xi-jinp-84c4e2/

Person named ‘K’ from China paid five defendants to injure Huang Yi-hao, New Taipei prosecutors say 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 h

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