# Taiwan charges five men over plot to run over comedian who mocked Xi Jinping

https://mins.news/en/item/109813

- The Guardian, 2026-10-21 16:13 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/taiwan-five-men-plot-run-over-comedian-huang-yi-hao-xi-jinping-jokes

> New Taipei prosecutors say a person from China identified as “K” paid five defendants to injure comedian Huang Yi-hao, who had mocked the Chinese Communist party and Xi Jinping. Prosecutors say two men drove into his scooter on 11 September, leaving him with a bruised pelvis.

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