The Formosa magazine's director, Hsu Hsin-liang, has been participating in "Taiwan independence" activities in the United States, and made a telephone call of encouragement to the magazine on the eve of the Kao-hsiung riot.
至於其他的涉嫌者，多半是受人煽動、利用的，政府一再鼓勵他們自行投案，保證從輕發落，好讓他們有自新的機會。