Taipei, Oct. 3 (CNA) Agricultural blogger Lin Yu-hung (林裕紘) on Tuesday claimed he had enlisted the help of a friend to send him hoax death threats demanding he stop reporting on controversies related to a government-funded egg import program in a bid to "get off the hook."

"I'm sorry, I made a mistake. I sincerely apologize to all my friends who trusted and cared for me," Lin wrote in a social media post.

Lin, who claimed to have been a member of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) since 2020, said that he enlisted the help of friend and opposition Kuomintang (KMT) staffer Hsu Che-pin (許哲賓) to send the death threats as he could no longer bear the stress reporting on agricultural issues after being the target of numerous smears.

According to local media reports, Lin is currently in Austria, having left Taiwan after police in Taoyuan arrested Hsu.

In a statement, the Taiwan Taoyuan District Court said that Hsu was being held incommunicado on suspicion of intimidation and forgery of private documents.

The court stated that Hsu's detention is necessary to prevent him and others from destroying evidence and fabricating testimony, particularly as prosecutors have not talked to those suspected of providing Hsu with login information and other technological support.

According to police, Hsu allegedly sent the threat to Lin on Sept. 21 at a cafe in New Taipei, using an Internet Protocol registered in Mexico after discussing the hoax with Lin online.

Police said those...

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