The Hong Kong-Canadian celebrity Denise Ho was attacked on Sept. 29 by a masked man who threw red paint at her at a rally in Taiwan held in support of anti-extradition bill protests in Hong Kong. Two suspects have been sent to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office on the morning of Sept. 30. On the other hand, some question whether Denise Ho, a foreign national on a visitor visa in Taiwan, is allowed to legally to take part in a political rally.


While doing an interview about the anti-extradition bill protest, Hong Kong-Canadian celebrity Denise Ho was poured with red paint by Wu Chi-wai, the director of the Unionist Party headquarter. Wu and his associate, Liang Tai-fu, were brought to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office on charges including public insult, coercion and property damage. Wu said he wasn't acting on anyone's behalf, and he also said that Ho was a pro-Hong Kong independence separatist.

Were you under anyone's order?No. I'm against pro-Hong Kong independence and their violent acts to be spread to Taiwan. Taiwan needs peace.

Ho returned to Hong Kong on the morning of September 30. In a new Facebook post, she said that she's decided to file a lawsuit because tolerating such act will allow similar crimes to happen again. She also stresses that those who believe in public justice must uphold the value since there is no way back.

Premier Su Tseng-chang said that the targeted violence carried out by the two Unionist Party members are intolerable.

I am very angry. I can't believe a suspect with prior record would engage in such a violent act. I think it's intolerable.

Some questioned why a foreign national like Denise Ho can come to Taiwan on a visitor visa and take part in a local rally when earlier this year, Chinese scholar Li Yi, who also had a visitor visa to Taiwan, was deported? Interior Minister Hsu Kuo-yung said the two situations are different as Li Yi publicly spoke about unifying Taiwan with force which violated certain laws, whereas Ho reported on her intention before coming to Taiwan and she took part legally at a local rally.

When Li Yi was here, he talked about unifying Taiwan with force. We couldn't let him insult Taiwan like that. As to Ho, she took part in a legal congregation which is not a problem.

The Ministry of the Interior said that the Assembly and Parade Act does not forbid foreign nationals from taking part in legal rallies and congregations. However, many question Denise Ho could have violated the Immigration Act. The National Immigration Agency said that it has proposed a revision that allows foreign nationals to legally take part in rallies. The draft, according to the ministry, has been forwarded to the Executive Yuan for further evaluation.



香港藝人何韻詩受訪時，以反送中抗議裝扮、蒙面的統促黨黨部主委胡志偉，卻從後方突襲潑紅漆，他與同夥梁太富，30號上午，頭戴安全帽口罩，被上手銬，依公然侮辱、強制、毀損等罪嫌，移送北檢偵辦，他宣稱未受人指使，更反控受害者是港獨暴力。

記者 vs. 嫌犯 胡志偉表示：「(有沒有人教唆你？是受誰指使嗎？) 沒有，反對港獨暴力來台灣，台灣要安定。」

何韻詩30號凌晨已回到香港，她在臉書發文表示，若獨善其身退下，會縱容類似事件發生，讓更多人受害，因此決定提告。她也重申，在極權年代，相信公義的人，已無退路，只有堅持下去。

而何韻詩的遭遇，也讓行政院長蘇貞昌表示「非常憤怒」，並表示兩名統促黨成員這種有計畫性施暴的行為，不可容忍。

行政院長 蘇貞昌表示：「我非常憤怒也非常地不以為然，竟然有前科的暴徒計畫地施暴，我覺得非常地不容容忍。」

不過也有人質疑，香港藝人何韻詩，為何可來台參加集會遊行，而上次同樣持觀光簽證中國學者李毅演講，卻遭到驅逐出境？內政部長徐國勇強調，情況不一樣，李毅公然說要武統台灣，鼓吹戰爭，違反相關規定，而何韻詩則是經過事前報備，合法參加集會。

內政部長 徐國勇表示：「李毅在這裡，他來到這裡是要武統台灣，要用武力解放台灣，這侵門踏戶不可以，那何韻詩的部分，她是參加合法的集會遊行，那這部分沒有問題，我再次強調。」

內政部表示，集會遊行法並未限制外國人不得參與合法的集會、遊行。不過何韻詩是否違反移民法？移民署表示已經研議提出修法，將明訂停居留外國人，得參與合法集會遊行，法案已提報行政院審查，但尚未核定。