NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE: Attacks against advocates of democracy would happen again if the masterminds are not identified, DPP Legislator Chao Tien-lin said
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 30, 2020
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chao Tien-lin, left, and former Causeway Bay Books co-owner Lam Wing-kei talk to reporters at Chao’s legislative office in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Wang Yi-sung, Taipei Times
Chao said that if it was treated like a regular criminal case, it would easily get swept under the rug, so authorities should deal with it as a national security issue involving coordinated criminal groups.
“If the masterminds behind the plot are not identified, then attacks like this will recur again and again. The dark forces behind them will continue to operate from abroad, out of reach of our laws, and they will continue to pose a danger to democracy activists,” he said.
Chao invited Lam to attend yesterday’s briefing, along with Criminal Investigation Bureau Deputy Commissioner Liao Hsun-cheng (廖訓誠) and officials from the National Security Bureau’s (NSB) Third Department.
