‘Dark forces’ behind Lam attack: ChaoNATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE: Attacks against advocates of democracy would happen again if the masterminds are not identified, DPP Legislator Chao Tien-lin saidBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterDemocratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chao Tien-lin (趙天麟) yesterday called on law enforcement authorities to treat the recent paint attack on Lam Wing-kei (林榮基), a former co-owner of Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay Books, as a national security matter. 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. 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 TimesChao 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. Chao said that Lam was not the only Hong Konger to be attacked in the past few years.

Source: Taipei Times April 29, 2020 15:56 UTC