Smoke grenade registration, AI scanners at MRT consideredBy Lee Wen-hsin and Sam Garcia / Staff reporter, with staff writerAuthorities are considering requiring real-name registration when purchasing smoke grenades following their use in an attack on the Taipei metro on Friday last week, as well as introducing scanners at public transportation entrances, National Police Agency Director-General Chang Jung-hsin (張榮興) said today. The Legislative Yuan’s Internal Administration Committee today invited Chang, Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang (劉世芳) and others to discuss plans to improve safety in light of the attack. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lai Shih-bao (賴士葆) asked whether smoke grenades and signal flares would be added to the Firearms, Ammunition and Knives Control Act (槍砲彈藥刀械管制條例) for regulation. The orange crisis safety handbook published this year did not include responding to violence and robbery, as the likelihood was considered low, Liu said. Asked how to prevent copycats, Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare Lue Jen-der (呂建德) said that Friday’s case was unusual.

Source: Taipei Times December 22, 2025 10:34 UTC