Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission was assassinated in San Paolo in February 1984, as was the former editor-in-chief of the China Daily News and vice chairman of the Brazilian Chinese Association six months later.
雖然如此，袁方四十多年的國民黨老黨員身分，仍然容易給人「錯覺」，美洲華報也於一九八四年間莫名其妙地挨了一頓「黑槍」，一排玻璃全碎，幸好無人傷亡。