The suspect arrested following a mass shooting in Laguna Woods, California’s Geneva Presbyterian Church this weekend appeared in a local Las Vegas report holding up a banner against Taiwanese “demons” at an event for a group with ties to the Chinese government, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on Tuesday.
David Chou (Chou Wenwei), is being charged with murder and attempted murder after opening fire at a Taiwanese luncheon honoring a pastor at the church on Sunday afternoon, injuring five and killing one person. Police later stated that they had found evidence in his car that the reason for his attack was his opposition to the existence of an independent Taiwan.
Taiwan is an independent country governed under a free and democratic system, but the Chinese Communist Party claims it falsely as a rogue “province” that it wishes to “reunify” with the “mainland.” Taiwan has never in its history been governed by any regime in Beijing.
Prior to the shooting, Chou, a 68-year-old alleged retired professor who the Taiwanese government confirmed is a citizen of that country, had participated in at least one event with a Chinese regime-linked group seeking the end of Taiwan’s sovereignty, RFA revealed.
“California church killer David Chou has close ties to a Taiwan ‘peaceful reunification’ group linked to the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department,” RFA noted, highlighting that the United Front office is an advocacy umbrella organization for the Chinese government. “The group … is a local branch of the National Association for China’s Peaceful Unification (NACPU) under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s United Front Work Department.”
The name of the specific group identified is the Las Vegas Association for China’s Peaceful Unification; Chou appears to be a Las Vegas resident.
The Chinese-language LVNews website posted an article in April 2019, still published at press time, reporting on the group’s inaugural meeting. Chou appears in a photo from the event holding up a banner whose message RFA translated as calling for “eradication of pro-independence demons.” The caption on the photo identifies the man as Chou Wenwei, “a local retired professor.”
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