4 days ago · China
Taiwan charges five men over plot to run over comedian for his Xi Jinping jokes
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. The Guardian World and South China Morning Post Asia are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to China. The first report grouped here was at 17 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC. 3 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Taiwan charges five men over plot to run over comedian for his Xi Jinping jokes”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by South China Morning Post Asia
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- New development reported by The Guardian World
Taiwan charges five men over plot to run over comedian for his Xi Jinping jokes
- Picked up by The Guardian World
Taiwan charges five men over plot to run over comedian for making Xi Jinping jokes
Same story, different outlets
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