New Taipei District Prosecutor have indicted five people for allegedly
staging a traffic accident that injured comedian Huang Yi-hao.

The five suspects in Taiwan are accused of accepting NT$450,000 ($13,900) to
“break Huang's arms and legs”,
The five were said to have been paid by a Chinese national... whose
background remains under investigation.

Prosecutors are describing the case as alleged Chinese cross-border
repression intended to silence opposing political views.

The charges of attempted aggravated assault were filed by the New Taipei
District prosecutors office.

Huang was hit by a car carrying two people as he was riding his scooter home
in New Taipei's Yonghe District on September 11.

The accident was believed to have been staged to prevent Huang from
performing at the Comedy Club on September 20....

The suspects reportedly told prosecutors the Chinese national was upset by
Huang's performances mocking leader Xi Jinping.