New Causeway Bay Books Premises Vandalized|"銅鑼灣書店"將在台重開張 今早竟遭潑漆

Causeway Bay Books founder Lam Wing-kee is set to reopen the bookstore in Taiwan on April 25. However, it was reported that someone had thrown red paint on the bookstore's new premises.


Red paint was thrown, and I'm going to report this incident. I'm heading to the police station now to provide an oral statement. It's not like I haven't had run-ins with the Communist Party before. It's very obvious that these people are doing the bidding of the Communist Party.

Traces of red paint can be seen on the floor outside the elevator. There is also red paint on the floor by the entrance. This is the new bookstore that Causeway Bay Books founder Lam Wing-kee will open in Taipei on April 25. The bookstore was vandalized on April 21, and Lam reported the incident to the police. The previous day, he also received a letter from a lawyer informing him that he can't use the name "Causeway Bay Books" as it will infringe on an existing trademark. Lam said he believes the same people are behind both incidents.



中山銅鑼灣書店店主 林榮基表示：「（被)潑紅油(漆)，現在要報警。要去在警察局裡面，要錄口供嘛，我又不是沒見過共產黨，這些很明顯，就是幫共產黨做事的人做的。」

畫面上可以看到，電梯地板上有紅色油漆的痕跡，書店門口的地上，也有紅色油漆；這裡是前香港銅鑼灣書店店長「林榮基」，在台北市即將新開張的書店，21號上午疑似遭到不明人士潑漆，林榮基目前還在警察局做筆錄。因為前一天，林榮基才收到律師警告信，要求他不能使用「銅鑼灣書店」名稱，否則就是侵害姓名權；因此他認為，這件事應該也是同一批人所為。