Black Bear Academy》Shen Boyang was detained, Akio Yaita was beaten, cross-border suppression has entered private life

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The honorary dean of the college, Shen Boyang, was jailed, and Yaita Akio was beaten. After investigation by the prosecutor, both cases showed a clear pattern of "overseas investment or entrustment, and execution in Taiwan."

The Beijing Prosecutor's Office directly pointed out in the press release on the case that the relevant information was "transmitted to hostile forces abroad" and explained the case within the framework of "transnational suppression."

The Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, Shen Boyang, was involved in a surveillance case. On the 7th, the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office sued a credit reporting company and issued a wanted order for the suspect who is a Hong Kong citizen. In the case of Akio Yaita, the prosecutor also determined that this was not a temporary conflict, but a premeditated and hired organized crime, with the purpose of "intimidating freedom of speech" through public beatings, causing a chilling effect, and achieving the purpose of "cross-border suppression."

What these two incidents have in common are:

➡️People from abroad contribute money or entrust

➡️Find someone in Taiwan who can execute

➡️Translated into real surveillance and violence in Taiwan

These cases all show that there is no need for personnel from overseas political organizations to come forward in person. As long as there is money, it is possible to use credit reporting companies, gangs or other agents to carry out the operation.

This is also the most difficult part of cross-border crackdowns: the real perpetrators may be Taiwanese credit officers or Hong Kong gang members, but the funds, commissions, and purposes may come from abroad.

●Transnational repression has entered private life

According to Dean Shen Boyang's case, the criminal's camera was pointed directly at the door of the house to record every move of his family. The pressure on politicians to speak publicly has extended to completely unrelated family members.

●Overseas funds can use various methods to suppress dissidents

Today, 360,000 yuan can buy surveillance, and 100,000 Hong Kong dollars can buy an attack. So the real national security question is: How much more personal information, itineraries, surveillance and even violence can these foreign forces buy in Taiwan?

●The ultimate goal is to achieve a chilling effect

In the Yaita case, the CCCP specifically pointed out that publicly attacking public commentators may have the effect of “killing one person to serve as an example to others.”

When other journalists, academics, politicians or ordinary people start thinking: "If I criticize China, will I be followed and detained? Will my family be filmed? Will someone even be waiting for me after the event?"

Cross-border repression has already achieved part of its goal: "Let fear replace the law, and use violent coercion to force ordinary people to accept the status quo."

Our government and legislators should protect people from overseas surveillance and violence because of their speech, but do most of our legislators in Taiwan take this problem seriously?