Prosecutors indict man over online threats against president LaiBy Hollie Younger / Staff writer, with CNAThe Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office today indicted a man for allegedly posting social media threats calling for the decapitation of President William Lai (賴清德). The 42-year-old man, surnamed Hsu (許), is facing charges of endangering public safety and threatening the public under the Criminal Code after posts he made on Threads in March last year, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said. The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office is pictured in an undated photograph. The first, posted on March 4, read: “Kill the Green bird toads first, then behead President Lai and there will be peace in East Asia,” the indictment said. The second, posted on March 14, said: “Decapitate President Lai, save Taiwan!

Source: Taipei Times February 06, 2026 16:00 UTC