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Man acquitted again over comment saying attacker did what he wanted to do

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

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  • Taiwan's High Court upheld the acquittal of a man prosecuted over a Threads comment posted after a December 2025 random attack in Taipei.
  • The court found that the comment did not specify how the public would be harmed and that the man deleted it shortly afterward.
  • Prosecutors had argued that the statement amounted to a threat against public safety under Article 151 of Taiwan's Criminal Code.

A man who wrote on Threads, "Someone really did what I wanted to do!", after a random attack in Taipei has been acquitted for a second time. Taiwan's High Court rejected the prosecution's appeal and upheld the lower court ruling.

The comment appeared beneath a post about smoke bombs and random stabbings at Taipei Main Station and Zhongshan Station on December 19, 2025. Prosecutors charged the man with threatening the public under Article 151 of the Criminal Code, arguing that his words could be understood as a threat to people's lives, bodies or property.

Someone really did what I wanted to do!

— The defendantThe Threads comment that led prosecutors to charge him with threatening the public.

The man admitted posting the comment but denied intending to threaten anyone. He said he had acted without thinking and wanted attention, not to hurt people. The Taoyuan District Court found that the wording was provocative but did not say that he, another person or a particular group would harm anyone.

The High Court agreed. It said the comment was inappropriate, but did not identify who would harm the public or how. The man also deleted it soon afterward and made no further related posts. The court concluded that prosecutors had not established criminal intent and dismissed the appeal.

I did not think it through at the time.

— The defendantHis explanation in the first trial for posting the comment.
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