Taiwan has charged two men over a feces-and-paint attack on a Taipei comedy club, and officials say the order came from China — a case that shows how easily cross-strait intimidation slips through Taiwan's current laws.

• Comedy club Live Comedy Club Taipei was smeared with paint and feces shortly before a show mocking Xi Jinping.
• Prosecutors say a funeral-industry worker took instructions from an unidentified Chinese man, hired someone to do it, and paid about $1,600 the next morning.
• Two men now face charges of criminal intimidation and property damage.
• Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council calls the charges far too light, since property damage is all the law allows here.
• Officials are pushing to tighten the national security and anti-infiltration laws, and say voters should watch who backs the changes and who does not.

Outlook: Expect a fight in Taiwan's legislature over tougher anti-infiltration rules, while prosecutors keep digging for whoever gave the original order.