After the Kaohsiung incident, a Presbyterian minister and some of his colleagues were tried on charges of helping Shih Ming-teh (one of the ringleaders in the riot) escape. This focuses new attention of the life, utterances, conduct and political participation of Christians and missionaries.
等到高雄暴力事件發生後，長老教會的一位牧師與他數位同工，又因涉嫌掩護施明德逃亡而被捕受審，於是基督徒與傳教士的生活、言行和參與政治活動的方式，又再度成為一個爭論的焦點。