Taipei's City Council and police force say they're not backing down from an online threat of violence if a screening of "State Organs," a film documenting China's alleged harvesting of prisoners' organs, goes ahead.
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00:00Screenings of the documentary State Organs, a film about alleged harvesting of prisoners' organs by China,
00:06have attracted threats since the film arrived in Taiwan last month,
00:10and even the Taipei City Council hasn't been exempt from them.
00:13A person calling themselves Li Hongshan has threatened to carry out a mass stabbing
00:18at a showing in the council building planned for Saturday.
00:21Police are investigating the source of this online threat, reported Wednesday.
00:25Both the film's Taiwan distributor and council members are defiant.
00:29Watching a film and being threatened,
00:33describing the CCP as a modern Nazi,
00:36the response they gave us was guns and bullets.
00:39This is for Zhen Shanmei Theater.
00:41Tomorrow afternoon, we will officially air the film,
00:45and it will be full screen.
00:47Mr. Li Hongshan, you'd better come.
00:51Let's see who dares to threaten the Taipei City Council so boldly.
00:56Police have vowed to make sure the screening will go ahead as planned.
01:00There are about 43 police officers in the area.
01:04There are about 8 police officers in the city, and there are about 5 billion police officers.
01:07We will ensure the completion of the screening.
01:14It is clear someone doesn't want the film to be seen in Taiwan.
01:17But Taipei officials, at least, are determined that whoever is making these threats won't get their way.
01:23Scott Huang and John Van Triest for Taiwan Plus.