WONG:
Taiwan government legislators held a high-profile protest against the Chinese Communist Party today. They're saying Beijing intentionally created the SARS virus back in 2002.

STORY:
Taiwan legislators wearing surgical masks and displaying banners with skulls and crossbones took over the parliament floor on Tuesday after the country's security chief accused the Chinese regime of starting the global SARS epidemic six years ago.

Taiwan National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai Chao-ming says sources in China suspected biological warfare, but that conclusive evidence has not surfaced.

Local media report that Tsai told a legislative committee that SARS had, quote, "become a biological warfare formula" in China, and that the Security Bureau would continue to monitor the situation.

SARS, which stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome—originated in southern China in 2002. The virus went on to kill hundreds of people around the world, including about 350 in China. It brought the Asian tourism industry almost to a halt.

China's initial cover-up of the epidemic led to the sacking of communist officials, and led to scores of conspiracy theories about the origin of the virus.