Key facts
- Taiwanese prosecutors indicted five people for plotting to attack comedian Huang Yi-hao.
- The alleged plot involved faking a car accident to injure Huang so he could not perform.
- Huang Yi-hao had satirized Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- China's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Chen Binhua dismissed Taiwan's accusations as a fabrication.
- Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung described the case as part of China's efforts to challenge democratic society.
BEIJING, Oct 28 (Reuters) - China on Wednesday dismissed Taiwan's accusations that Beijing was behind an attack on a comedian who satirized Chinese President Xi Jinping, calling the claims a fabrication by Taiwan's ruling party aimed at stirring anti-China sentiment.
Taiwanese prosecutors indicted five people for plotting to attack comedian Huang Yi-hao, who had satirized Xi Jinping. Taiwan's government views the incident as an example of China's "transnational repression" against perceived separatists.
Chen Binhua, a spokesperson for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, stated at a news conference that Taiwan's narrative is a tactic to promote Taiwan independence and win political power. Taiwan's Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung described the case as part of China's expanding efforts to challenge personal safety and freedom of expression in democratic societies.