The Taichung District Prosecutor's Office prosecuted He Sheng and gang member Liao Gangfa and others for assaulting Akio Yaita

Akio Yaita, CEO of the Indo-Pacific Strategic Think Tank, was attacked at close range after giving a speech in Taichung in July this year. The perpetrator, Liao Gangfa (33 years old), the leader of the operation team of the Chinese Hong Kong gang "Washenghe", immediately disguised himself after committing the crime and tried to escape by plane. Fortunately, he was seized by the police before boarding the plane. After an investigation by the Taichung District Prosecutor's Office, he was charged today on suspicion of injury, public insult, and participation in a criminal organization. Four other associates, including Wu, Feng, Kuang, and Wang, who have left the country, were wanted. As for the behind-the-scenes instigators and whether there are any cooperators in Taiwan, the prosecutors are investigating in a separate case.

The Central Prosecutor's Office alleged that a man who is also a member of the "Washenghe" gang and the leader of the "Action Group", whose real name and age are unknown, and who calls himself "Chen Weihao", was dissatisfied with Akio Yaita's frequent public comments on cross-strait current affairs and political speeches. When he learned that he would serve as a lecturer for events organized by the Spring Rain Cultural and Educational Foundation at the Yongfeng Inn Hotel, he funded and hired a cross-border violence group in an attempt to publicly beat Akio Yaita to intimidate free speech and achieve the goal of cross-border suppression.

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"Chen Weihao" contacted a man surnamed Wu on July 1 this year to form a cross-border violence group and invited Liao Gangfa and others to join. Originally, the division of labor was that the man surnamed Kuang was responsible for actually carrying out the beatings. However, later Kuang Nan and Feng Nan felt that the risk was too high and left the country. The instigator increased the reward to HK$100,000, and Liao Nan took over.

After Liao Gangfa and others surveyed the terrain, on July 6 this year, they beat Akio Yaita on the face in the lobby of Yongfengzhan Hotel, causing blunt contusions on his jaw and bruises and bleeding on his upper lip. After committing the crime, Liao Nan immediately bought clothes to disguise himself, and went to Taichung International Airport in an attempt to take a flight to Busan, South Korea to leave the country. Fortunately, the police arrested him early and brought him a arrest warrant.

The prosecutors believe that Liao Nan and others used cross-border violence and media dissemination to create a "killing one to serve as a warning" effect, suppressing speech and creating a chilling effect, infringing on my country's democratic system and social order. Their criminal methods were highly planned, organized and anti-investigation, and they were premeditated and hired to commit crimes. They did not show sincere reflection after committing the crime. They recommended that the court be sentenced to 5 years in prison with a severe sentence and continue to be detained by the court.