Governor Lin also condemned a few "Taiwan independence" elements overseas who attacked the ROC's official institutions in the United States after the Kaohsiung riot. He said they should not give biased speeches to insult the ROC government and to confuse world opinion.
另外，林主席也對新聞界人士所提高雄暴力事件是否與海外台獨份子有關的問題，答覆說，海外有少數台獨份子，在高雄暴力事件後，騷擾我們在美國各地的辦事機構，發表侮辱政府、歪曲事實的言論，是企圖擾亂國際視聽，並欲達到要求外國政府出面干涉審判的目的。