Data of 8 Taiwanese activists leaked by China-backed Russian website

HK Leaks was said to have collected personal details of more than 500 people

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/11/26
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

(Screenshot image of the website HK Leaks)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — At least eight Taiwanese seen as advocating Hong Kong's democracy found their personal details posted online by HK Leaks and some of them have received death threats from different email accounts after the exposure.

The Taiwanese victims include the island's pro-independence Taiwan Statebuilding Party Chairman Chen Yi-chi (陳奕齊), Citizen Front Taiwan co-founder Chiang Min-yen (江明諺), Taiwan Association for Human Rights secretary-general Chiu E-ling (邱伊翎), and News Eye founder Nancy Tao. The website disclosed their pictures, birthdates, occupations, emails, phone numbers, or passport numbers. They are tagged as "thugs" in their profiles on the website.    [FULL  STORY]

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