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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 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…

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

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