REPRESSION: The attack on Akio Yaita, apparently by a Chinese man, has been referred to Taichung prosecutors on suspicion of violating the Anti-Infiltration Act By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter The Presidential Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) yesterday condemned the assault on a Japanese media personality allegedly by a Chinese man on Monday, calling it the first case of transnational repression involving violence in Taiwan since China’s Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress was enacted on July 1.Taipei-based Indo-Pacific Strategy Thinktank CEO Akio Yaita, a political commentator and former Taipei bureau chief of Sankei Shimbun, was punched in the face by a man at a hotel lobby in Taichung.A 33-year-old Chinese suspect surnamed Liao (廖) was arrested at Taichung Interna